Jersey City, United States. 08th Nov, 2015. Muslim women reach out to touch the covering of the kafan, a symbolic casket carried during the Muharram procession. Shia Muslims gathered in Jersey City to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, by participating in a Muharram procession from Exchange Place to City Hall on Montgomery Street. Credit: Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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