Greece: Hundreds of Shia Muslims march in Athens to mark Ashura

Hundreds of Muslims march in central Athens to mark the Shiite religious holiday of Ashura, on September 30, 2017. Ashura commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by armies of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD. Tradition holds that the revered imam was decapitated and his body mutilated in the Battle of Karbala.
Hundreds of Muslims march in central Athens to mark the Shiite religious holiday of Ashura, on September 30, 2017. Ashura commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, by armies of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD. Tradition holds that the revered imam was decapitated and his body mutilated in the Battle of Karbala.
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Credit:
Dimitris Aspiotis
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856485820
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Getty Images News Video
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September 30, 2017
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Athens, Attica, Greece
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