Shiite Muslims across Middle East mark Ashura amid tensions with West - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

Jul 28, 2023

Shia muslims attend the "Ashura" to commemorate the death of Shia Imam Husayn ibn Ali (a grandson of Muhammad) who died during the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, in Istanbul on July 28, 2023. (Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images) — Shiite Muslims attend the Ashura to commemorate the death of Shia Imam Husayn ibn Ali (a grandson of Muhammad) who died during the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, in Istanbul on July 28, 2023. — YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images

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Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

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Shiite Muslims brandish knives during the Tatbir processions as they mark Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein, in Iraq's holy city of Karbala, late on August 8, 2022

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