Indian Muslims mark Muharram with mourning, processions

Thousands of Muslims in India flagellated themselves in large processions Tuesday to mourn the killing of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, who was martyred some 1,330 years ago at Karbala in Iraq on the 10th day of the first Islamic month of Muharram.
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