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Ashura Religious Festival in Iran
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Shiite Muslims all over the world celebrate Ashura to mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D.
Iranian men are covered with mud during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali in Bijar, located in Kurdistan Province, Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world celebrate Ashura to mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian
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An Iranian man is covered with mud during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali, in Bijar located in Kurdistan Province, Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian
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An Iranian woman is covered with mud during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali in Bijar located in Kurdistan province of Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian
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An Iranian woman helps to smear mud on another woman during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali in Bijar, located in Kurdistan Province, Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world celebrate Ashura to mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian
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Iranian men are covered with mud during a ritual ceremony called Kharrah Mali in Bijar, located in Kurdistan Province, Iran on November 25 , 2012. Shiite Muslims all over the world celebrate Ashura to mourn the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian
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