7th Rhumathiya Mhendi Shazada Qasim

Shi'a Muslims in Bahrain strike their chests during the Remembrance of Muharram. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A banner (alam) being carried in a procession during the Remembrance of Muharram in Bahrain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

NEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 06: Shia Muslim women mourn during a religious procession of the Ashura mourning period on December 6, 2011 in New Delhi, India. Hundreds of Muslims in New Delhi and thousands around India took part in a procession to mark the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram when they remember the killing of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed, who was martyred some at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq in 61AH. Shia men and women dressed in black crying and beating their chests participated in the capital's processions to mark this important date in the Islamic calendar. On Muharram Muslims also undetake voluntary fasting, give to charity and pray in remembrance of Hussain. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)