Friday 18 April 2008
Ashoura-Shiite Muslim immigrants from Pakistan who live and work in Greece celebrate the deth of imam hussein
Shiite Muslim immigrants from Pakistan who live and work in Greece whip themselves with sharp blades during a ceremony to mark Ashoura, the tenth day of the Muharram religious festival, in the port city of Piraeus near Athens. Shiite Muslims around the world observe ten days of mourning during Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, to commemorate the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammed. Imam Hussein was beheaded in Karbala, Iraq in 680 AD in a battle over the line of succession to the Prophet Mohammed
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kati mou thimizei to layout tou blog sou liako opos episis kai merikes apo tis lezantes sou.....mastoras stin antigrafi...............
kala re tsakale akoma na to mazepseis ? grapse kai kamia lezanda tis prokopis kai stamata na antigrafeis.......by the way exo kai kati eikonakia an thes na sou doso na ypograpseis de se xalaei nomizo.......
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