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Peaceful
Moharrum in Mumbai
Friday December 17, 2010 10:02:52 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Muslims Friday
peacefully observed Yaum-e-Ashoora, the 10th day of the Muslim
month of Moharrum, remembering the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the
grandson of Prophet Mohammed, and his followers in the battle of
Karbala about 1,400 years ago.
While Shia Muslims observed the day Thursday, Sunnis observed it
Friday by fasting. The city also observed the day by taking out
the traditional 'tazia' (mourning) procession in Dongri and Mahim
in South Mumbai.
The Shias marked the Shaam-e-gharibaan (night of the homeless) and
switched off lights at the congregations in the city. Mourners
huddled together to cry and beat their chests, a ritual performed
in memory of the painful night the family members of Imam Hussain
spent after the carnage at Karbala in the 7th century.
With the day coinciding with Friday prayers, police had made tight
security arrangements near the places of worship to avoid any
uncalled for incident during the tazia procession.
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