Bangladesh Muslims mark Ashura with self-flagellation, processions
DHAKA, Nov. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Muslims Tuesday marked Ashura, a day of pain, pilgrimage, and pageantry that is one of the holiest in their religion. Mourners participate in a ritual of self-flagellation and cut themselves with knives during Ashura, or the 10th of Muhharam in the Islamic calendar, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam […]
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