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REPORT: Lebanese Shiites celebrate Ashura holiday

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14-11-2013 | 11:05

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REPORT: Lebanese Shiites celebrate Ashura holiday

Tens of thousands of Lebanese Shiites gathered Thursday morning in southern Beirut to mark one of their sect's most important religious occasions, the Ashura.

Thursday's massive ceremony is being held amid tight security, including a ban on vehicles in the area, following huge bombings last summer that killed and wounded dozens of people.

Lebanese Armed Forces were heavily deployed across Beirut’s streets and at the Dahieyh’s entrances, where Hezbollah members searched the citizens for security reasons.

The Shiites are observing the Ashura, the annual commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson.

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