Pakistan: Shiite Muslim mourners self-flagellate during Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Lahore by Rana Sajid Hussain
Pakistani Shiite Muslim mourners self-flagellate during Muharram procession to mark Ashoura in Lahore. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram,the first month of the Islamic calendar, Month of mourning for Shiites in remembrance. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD.
Pakistani Shiite Muslim mourners self-flagellate during Muharram procession to mark Ashoura in Lahore
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