New Delhi, India

(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

An Indian Shiite Muslim flagellates himself on Ashura in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein.