Shiite women attend an Ashoura ceremony in Istanbul, Turke. Ashoura is marked by Shiite believers as the day that Imam Hussein, the grandson of prophet Muhammad and one of their most revered saints, was killed in the battle of Karbala in the year 680 A.D.

First published in the January 07, 2009, 6:18 a.m. edition

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