Crowd of Shiite muslim women walking and protesting during the remembrance of Muharram (Called Asura) in Halkali, Istanbul - stock photo

Istanbul, Turkey - November 13, 2013: Crowd of Shiite muslim women walking and protesting during the remembrance of Muharram (Called Asura) in Halkali, Istanbul. Asura is a religious observance marked every year by Muslims to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. The word 'asura literally means "10th," as it is on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic year