Muharram 2024 procession in Peshawar

Pakistani Shiite Muslims are participating in a procession to mark the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic Calendar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on July 14, 2024. Shiite Muslims are observing the holy month of Muharram, with its climax reached on its tenth day marking the Ashura festival, which commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the battle of Karbala, Iraq, in the seventh century.