Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is a month of mourning in remembrance, for Muslims, particularly the Shias. On Ashura, or the 10th day of Muharram, Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Husain, his family and followers were brutally massacred at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in 680 A.D. Here’s a collection of pictures from the processions across the country.
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