"Commemorating the sacrifice for justice" (by adnan)

Sunni Muslims spray rose waters on the Taziyah at the night before the day of Ashura.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:36:10 +0000

Sunni Muslims spray rose waters on the Taziyah at the night before the day of Ashura.
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Sunni Muslims beating drums on the eve of Ashura celebration at night.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:37:01 +0000

Sunni Muslims beating drums on the eve of Ashura celebration at night.
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Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:37:45 +0000

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A dare devil act with fire during Ashura celebration.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:39:25 +0000

A dare devil act with fire during Ashura celebration.
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A Shia woman cries in the ecstasy of her praying during the night of Ashura.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:42:29 +0000

A Shia woman cries in the ecstasy of her praying during the night of Ashura.
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Shia muslims offer their pray during the Ashura commemoration in the Hossaini Dalan Imambada, the grand mosque of the Shia Muslims in Bangladesh.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:43:50 +0000

Shia muslims offer their pray during the Ashura commemoration in the Hossaini Dalan Imambada, the grand mosque of the Shia Muslims in Bangladesh.
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The Shia muslims tries to calm down a man who, while mourning, is trying to jump on the Taziyah in the Hossaini Dalan Imambada in Dhaka.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:44:34 +0000

The Shia muslims tries to calm down a man who, while mourning, is trying to jump on the Taziyah in the Hossaini Dalan Imambada in Dhaka.
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In one of the windows of Hossaini Dalan, the Shia Muslims tie small pieces of plastic ribbons in the wish to have their will fulfilled.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:45:14 +0000

In one of the windows of Hossaini Dalan, the Shia Muslims tie small pieces of plastic ribbons in the wish to have their will fulfilled.
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Shia Muslims pour milk on the legs of Holy horse in the Ashura procession at Dhaka. This horse represents the ‘Thol Janah’, the horse of Imam Husayn that jumped and kicked the assassinators and killed some of them who brutally killed Imam Husayn. People pour the milk on horse and collect it again with the belief that this milk brings good for them.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:45:58 +0000

Shia Muslims pour milk on the legs of Holy horse in the Ashura procession at Dhaka. This horse represents the ‘Thol Janah’, the horse of Imam Husayn that jumped and kicked the assassinators and killed some of them who brutally killed Imam Husayn. People pour the milk on horse and collect it again with the belief that this milk brings good for them.
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Shia Muslims form processions during the festival of Ashura in the Bangladesh capital city of Dhaka. Thousands form a procession to commemorate the Karbala tragedy that martyred Hazrat Imam Hossain along with his family and followers. On the 10th of Muharram in Muslim calendar, Muslims mourn the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad in the hands of renegades about 1,400 years ago.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:46:55 +0000

Shia Muslims form processions during the festival of Ashura in the Bangladesh capital city of Dhaka. Thousands form a procession to commemorate the Karbala tragedy that martyred Hazrat Imam Hossain along with his family and followers. On the 10th of Muharram in Muslim calendar, Muslims mourn the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad in the hands of renegades about 1,400 years ago.
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A Shia man flagellating himself on his back with knife-chains during Ashura procession in Dhaka.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:47:37 +0000

A Shia man flagellating himself on his back with knife-chains during Ashura procession in Dhaka.
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A Shia man cut himself on this forehead during the mourning in Ashura procession in Dhaka.

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:48:24 +0000

A Shia man cut himself on this forehead during the mourning in Ashura procession in Dhaka.
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