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Blood drips from the nose of a Kashmiri Muslim
boy while he flagellates his head during a Muharram procession in
Srinagar, November 22, 2012. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli | | | | | | |
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Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and "is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited." Self-flagellation, in which some Shia Muslims indulge during Muharram, is apparently not considered fighting.]
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