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Afghan Shi'ite Muslim men flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura in Kabul on December 12, 2010. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, ...

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Monday's mosque attack, which has yet to be claimed, came as Shiites this week mark Ashura, an annual day of mourning that commemorates the seventh-century death in battle of Imam Hussein ...

Shiites this week mark Ashura, an annual day of mourning that commemorates the 7th-century battlefield martyrdom of Hussein. Police said that "all necessary security measures and procedures have ...

Shi'ite Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bangladesh mark the Ashura festival, which commemorates the death of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein in 680AD.