Today is the day ofAshura,the day the prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussain, and all of his 72 men were killed and beheaded one by one in the land of Karbala. They were surrounded by an army of more than 30
FILE - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks to the crowd in a rare public appearance during Ashura, that marks the death of Shiite Islam’s Imam Hussein, in the suburbs of Beirut, Nov. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) By BASSEM MROUE Updated 2:55 AM GMT+8...
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