The tenth day of Muharram is known as Ashura ... as it marks the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. The battle involved a conflict between the forces of Imam Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet ...

Not all Shia are on the same page when it comes to the practice of making self-inflicted wounds - tatbir - on the last day of Ashura ... Battle of Karbala, in modern-day Iraq, Hussein is revered ...

During the Ashura season, millions of Shiites from around the world visit Iraq to commemorate this occasion in the cities of Karbala and Najaf, south of Baghdad - Where the shrine of Imam Hussein ...