BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:00 P.M.) - Thousands of Lebanese Shiite Muslims marched through the streets of Beirut to commemorate Ashura on Thursday.
People can be seen flooding the streets of the Lebanese capital, wearing various colours and headbands, waving flags, and shouting slogans.
Ashura, which takes place on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic Hijri calendar, is a day of mourning which commemorates the killing of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as his family and companions at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram, 61 AH (10 October, 680 AD).
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