Shiites commemorate Ashura
Today Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashura, the 10th day of the month of Muharram. On this day in 680, grandson of Prophet Muhammad (Hussein ibn Ali - second son of Imam Ali) was killed in an unequal battle with Yazid's troops in the steppe near the town of Karbala.
The cause of the tragedy was the struggle for power between the followers of Prophet Muhammad. At the same time it laid the enmity between Shiites and Sunnis for influence in the Islamic world.
Since then, Shiites have celebrated the month of Muharram as a month of mourning, culminating in Ashura.
Today, traditionally, ceremonies with mourning chants are organised in mosques across the country. As an alternative to self-mourning, blood donation points have been opened in mosques.
Noticeably fewer people came to other mosques today, including the Meshadi Dadash Mosque in the centre of Baku, where the late preacher Haji Shahin performed.
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