Pakistani Shiite Muslims attend a Muharram procession to mark the Day of Ashura in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan
Pakistani Shiite Muslims attend a Muharram procession to mark the Day of Ashura in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, Nov. 14, 2013. The Day of Ashura, which falls on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, is the day Shiite Muslims commemorate the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed, who was killed and buried in Iraqi city of Karbala in 680 AD.
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