Muslims mark Ashura amid strict coronavirus restrictions (Video)

Millions of Muslims, wearing gloves and face masks, have marked the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shias' Imam on Ashura, one of the largest Muslim gatherings since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Ashura is the culmination of a 10-day annual mourning period in the lunar calendar month of Muharram for Imam Hussein (PBUH), a grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny). 

The third Shias' Imam and his 72 companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I.

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