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Bloody displays as Shiites flagellate themselves for Ashoura
Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during an Ashoura procession in Kabul on Nov. 24.S.sabawoon / EPA
By PhotoBlog
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Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during an Ashoura procession in Kabul on Nov. 24.S.sabawoon / EPA
Each year during Ashoura, Shiite Muslim men & boys whip their backs with chains and cut their heads with knives, drenching themselves in blood to mourn the loss of one of the faith's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the 7th century battle of Kerbala.
Shiite Muslim worshippers, covered in their own blood from self-inflicted wounds, hold knives during a procession to mark the Muslim festival of Ashoura in Baghdad's Sadr City on Nov. 24.Thaier Al-sudani / ReutersAn Iraqi Shiite Muslim child gashes his forehead with a sword during a ceremony marking Ashoura in Baghdad's Sadr City on Nov. 24.Thaier Al-sudani / ReutersTurkish Shiite women during an Ashoura procession in Istanbul on Nov. 24.Murad Sezer / ReutersBlood runs down the face of a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim as he participates in a procession in Srinagar, India, on Nov. 24.Dar Yasin / AP
