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Shiites Mark Ashoura Photos


Lebanon

Lebanese Shiite Muslim men, raise their hands while shouting pro-Imam Hussein slogans, as they march to mark Ashoura day in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Ashoura day is the remembrance of the 680 A.D. battle in which their saint and grandson of Islam's prophet Muhammad, Hussein, was killed by rivals cementing the split in Islam between Shiites and Sunnis.

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