Muslims Around The World Commemorate Ashura In Photos
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In Pictures Gallery|Religion Photos: Muslims worldwide mark Ashura Ashura is marked on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, by all Muslims Tens of thousands of Muslims across the globe on Tuesday observed Ashura, an annual commemoration mourning the seventh-century death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. Ashura is marked on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, by all Muslims. It is a particularly important period of mourning for Shia Muslims, as it marks the anniversary of the seventh-century Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq, when Hussein was killed. To mourn his death in the year 680, Shia worshippers, […]