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Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Shiite Muslims in Iraq took part in festivities on Saturday and Sunday ahead of the Ashura holiday.
Ashura is a ten-day mourning period starting on the first day of the month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar that commemorates the seventh-century slaying of the prophet of Islam Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein in modern day Karbala, Iraq.
Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq on September 10 for the occasion. They come to see the shrines of Hussein and his brother, Abbas.
On Saturday and Sunday, Shiite Muslims gathered in the Iraqi capital Baghdad's mostly Shiite neighborhood of Kadhimiya, as well as the cities Basra, Karbala, and the Iraqi holy city of Najaf to take part in the pre-holiday events.
The clerics and participants beat their chests and backs as a sign of mourning to mark Hussein’s tragic death.
Photos by AFP’s Hussein Faleh / Mohammed Sawaf/ Ahmad Al- Rubaye/ Haidar Hamdani
Ashura is a ten-day mourning period starting on the first day of the month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar that commemorates the seventh-century slaying of the prophet of Islam Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein in modern day Karbala, Iraq.
Millions of Shiite Muslims from around the world will visit Iraq on September 10 for the occasion. They come to see the shrines of Hussein and his brother, Abbas.
On Saturday and Sunday, Shiite Muslims gathered in the Iraqi capital Baghdad's mostly Shiite neighborhood of Kadhimiya, as well as the cities Basra, Karbala, and the Iraqi holy city of Najaf to take part in the pre-holiday events.
The clerics and participants beat their chests and backs as a sign of mourning to mark Hussein’s tragic death.
Photos by AFP’s Hussein Faleh / Mohammed Sawaf/ Ahmad Al- Rubaye/ Haidar Hamdani
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Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday
Iraqis mourn the death of Imam Hussein before Ashura holiday