Shi'ite pilgrims march on their way to Karbala for Arbaeen, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. The holiday marks the end of the forty-day mourning period after the anniversary of the 7th century martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Shiite men walk in a massive procession Thursday in Nabatieh, Lebanon. Many cut themselves with swords or lash themselves with chains to mourn the seventh-century death in battle of the beloved Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson.
A Shiite child beats himself with bladed chains while participating in a procession in Peshawar, Pakistan. The first month of the Islamic calendar is dedicated to mourning Imam Hussein.
A Shi'ite youth beats himself with knives during the Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Shi'ite Muslims touch a horse, a symbol of Imam Hussein's horse that carried him through a battlefield, to pay tribute during a Muharram procession in Lahore, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the the Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
A Shi'ite Muslim flagelates himself with knives during a Muharram procession in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
A Shi'ite Muslim woman joins the mourning during a Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
A Shi'ite Muslim holds blood stained knives attached to chains after beating himself with the blades during a Muharram procession in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec.16, 2010. Muharram is observed around the world for ten days as mourning in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
