- Title: Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq's Karbala commemorate Ashura
- Date: 9th August 2022
- Summary: KARBALA, IRAQ (AUGUST 9, 2022) REUTERS) VARIOUS OF IRAQI SHI'ITE MUSLIM WORSHIPPERS GATHERING, CHANTING AND HOLDING FLAGS AT IMAM HUSSEIN HOLY SHRINE TO COMMEMORATE ASHURA MEN BEATING CHESTS AND MOVING IN CIRCLE DURING RITUAL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING WORSHIPPERS ENTERING SHRINE PEOPLE AT SHRINE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE RUNNING INSIDE SHRINE WHILE CARRYING GREEN FLAGS (SOUNDBITE
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2022 14:22
- Keywords: Imam Hussein Holy Shrine Iraq Karbala Shi'ite Muslims
- Location: KARBALA, IRAQ
- City: KARBALA, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Middle East,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001748509082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Thousands of Shi'ite Muslim worshippers converged at Imam Hussein holy shrine in Iraq's Karbala on Tuesday (August 9) to commemorate Ashura, a religious festival to honour the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.
Worshippers gathered to run, walk and beat their chests in circles while chanting and self flagulating - all rituals carried out to celebrate the holy festival.
Imam Hussein died in the battle of Karbala in A.D. 680. The battle cemented a schism in Islam between Shi'ites and Sunnis.
The entire rite lasts more than a week and ends on Ashura, or 10th day of the Muslim month of Muharram - which marks the moment Hussein was killed and beheaded by his enemies in Kerbala.
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