(Reuters) - A Shi'ite Muslim man bleeds after flagellating himself during a ceremony for the Ashura festival at a mosque in central Yangon December 17, 2010. Shi'ite mourners beat themselves with steel-tipped flails or slash their bodies with... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - An Afghan Shi'ite Muslim man bleeds after flagellating himself with chains during an Ashura procession inside a mosque in Kabul December 24, 2009. Ashura, a 10-day-long event, commemorates the death of Prophet Mohammad's grandson ... [Full Article]