(26 Jul 2023)
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Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir - 26 July 2023
1. Various of Shia mourners holding Islamic flags, marching and signing
2. Various of protesters holding banner (English) reading: "Shame on Sweden", UPSOUND of chanting (English): "Shame on Sweden" and "Boycott Sweden"
3. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammad Abbas Bhat, protester:
"We cannot tolerate the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden. We condemn it in the strongest possible words."
4. Protesters chanting anti-Israel and anti-America slogans
5. Protester chanting slogans
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Syed Muhammad Burhan, protester:
"We, as Muslims living in the East, we feel very much, you know, we feel sad about the fact that copies of the Holy Quran have been burned. The Quran is very dear to us, and that is the reason we are protesting."
7. Various of mourners holding copies of the Quran chanting anti-Israel and anti-America slogans
8. Various of mourners chanting
9. Various of mourners waving flags
STORYLINE:
Thousands gathered in Indian-controlled Kashmir to observe a religious procession marking the Muslim month of Muharram and expressed their condemnation of the recent series of Quran-burning incidents in Sweden and Denmark.
Muharram marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein and his companions in the battle of Karbala in the seventh century in present-day Iraq.
Chants of unity and prayers for peace resonated through the streets in the main city of Srinagar as the mourners rejected the recent Quran burning and said such incidents caused immense hurt and anguish to Muslims worldwide.
"We, as Muslims living in the east, feel very sad that copies of the Holy Quran have been burned. The Quran is very dear to us," said Syed Muhammad Burhan, a participant in the procession.
The mourners were holding Quran and placards condemning the burning of the holy book.
They also chanted slogans such as "Death to America" and "Death to Israel.”
Muharram is among the holiest months for Shiite Muslims across the world and includes rituals which are marked by large processions of mourners beating their chests while reciting elegies and chanting slogans to denounce the slaughter of Prophet’s grandson and his 72 companions.
The mourning reaches its peak on Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram month in the Islamic lunar calendar. Wednesday’s procession marked the seventh day on the calendar.
AP video shot by Meraj Ud Din
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