Muslims celebrate Ashura religious festival
2009-01-08 03:34:27 GMT2009-01-08 11:34:27 (Beijing Time)
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An Iranian man helps to smear mud on the face of another during the Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 491 km (307 miles) southwest of Tehran, Jan. 7, 2009. Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during the first ten days of the Islamic month of Moharram. Imam Hussein was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in Iraq some 1,300 years ago.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
An Iranian man covered in mud stands near a fire to dry himself during the Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 491 km (307 miles) southwest of Tehran, Jan. 7, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
An Iranian man covered in mud looks on while attending the Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 491 km (307 miles) southwest of Tehran, Jan. 7, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during Ashura procession in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Jan. 7, 2009. Thousands of faithful Shiite Afghan mourners on Wednesday observed Ashura, the day of the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) Imam Hussain and his 72 comrades who were murdered in Karbala of Iraq in 680. (Xinhua Photo)
Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during Ashura procession in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Jan. 7, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)
Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Mohammed, during the first ten days of the Islamic month of Moharram. Imam Hussein was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in Iraq some 1,300 years ago.
