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Shiite faithful pilgrims gather at the Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala, for Arbaeen, which marks the end of the 45 mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Muslim men gather at the shrine to Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, on April 4. The shrine is a leading pilgrimage site for Sufis, whose shrines have come under attack from members of the extremist Salafi movement in Egypt. (Associated Press)
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Shi'ite pilgrims pray at the Imam Abbas shrine in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, as faithful flock to the holy city for Arbaeen, marking the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)
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Shi'ite Muslims touch a horse, a symbol of Imam Hussein's horse that carried him through a battlefield, to pay tribute during a Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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A Pakistani Shiite Muslim beats himself with knives in chain to mourn the death of his spiritual leader Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed who was martyred. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
