Srinagar, Kashmir, India

(EPA/FAROOQ KHAN)

A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim shouts religious slogans during Ashura procession in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 27 December 2009. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram, the first month of Islamic calender, the climax of Muharram is the Ashura festival commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century.