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Clashes between riot police and protesters
21 Apr 2012
A Bahraini protester holds a molotov cocktail bomb next to a barricade on fire during clashes with riot police in a Shiite suburb of the capital Manama, on April 20, 2012 following a demonstration to demand a halt to the Formula One Grand Prix event. Bahrain's rulers insisted this weekend's Grand Prix must go ahead to avoid "empowering extremists" after the Gulf kingdom was rocked by fresh violence and the Force India team pulled out of a practice session.
Anti-regime march in Manama
21 Apr 2012
Bahraini protesters hold a slogan which is read in Arabic
Anti-regime march in Manama
21 Apr 2012
Bahraini protesters hold their national flags during a demonstration in a Shiite suburb of the capital Manama, on April 20, 2012 to demand a halt to the Formula One Grand Prix event. Bahrain's rulers insisted this weekend's Grand Prix must go ahead to avoid "empowering extremists" after the Gulf kingdom was rocked by fresh violence and the Force India team pulled out of a practice session.
Clashes between riot police and protesters
21 Apr 2012
Bahraini protesters walk past a barricade made by branches of trees during clashes with riot police in a Shiite suburb of the capital Manama, on April 20, 2012 following a demonstration to demand a halt to the Formula One Grand Prix event. Bahrain's rulers insisted this weekend's Grand Prix must go ahead to avoid "empowering extremists" after the Gulf kingdom was rocked by fresh violence and the Force India team pulled out of a practice session.
Protest against political turmoil in Bahrain
25 Mar 2011
Indian Muslims hold up placards during a protest against the ongoing political turmoil in Bahrain,Mumbai, India, March 25, 2011. Bahrain's Sunni minority has shed its reputation of steering clear of politics to emerge from the Shiite-led unrest as a community determined to preserve its stake in the Gulf state. The pro-democracy uprising which erupted on February 14 after Arab revolts in Tunisia and Egypt toppled their long-serving strongmen was crushed on the streets of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's capital last week.
Protest against political turmoil in Bahrain
25 Mar 2011
Indian Muslims hold up placards during a protest against the ongoing political turmoil in Bahrain,Mumbai, India, March 25, 2011. Bahrain's Sunni minority has shed its reputation of steering clear of politics to emerge from the Shiite-led unrest as a community determined to preserve its stake in the Gulf state. The pro-democracy uprising which erupted on February 14 after Arab revolts in Tunisia and Egypt toppled their long-serving strongmen was crushed on the streets of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's capital last week.
Protest against political turmoil in Bahrain
25 Mar 2011
An Indian Shiite Muslim child stands next to a placard during a protest against the ongoing political turmoil in Bahrain, Mumbai, March 25, 2011. Bahrain's Sunni minority has shed its reputation of steering clear of politics to emerge from the Shiite-led unrest as a community determined to preserve its stake in the Gulf state. The pro-democracy uprising which erupted on February 14 after Arab revolts in Tunisia and Egypt toppled their long-serving strongmen was crushed on the streets of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's capital last week.
Protest against political turmoil in Bahrain
25 Mar 2011
An Indian Shiite Muslim child stands next to a placard during a protest against the ongoing political turmoil in Bahrain, Mumbai, March 25, 2011. Bahrain's Sunni minority has shed its reputation of steering clear of politics to emerge from the Shiite-led unrest as a community determined to preserve its stake in the Gulf state. The pro-democracy uprising which erupted on February 14 after Arab revolts in Tunisia and Egypt toppled their long-serving strongmen was crushed on the streets of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's capital last week.
Bloody Ashoura
15 Dec 2010
An Indian Kashmiri Shiite Muslim bleeds after flagelating himself with a cluster of knives during a religious procession, Srinagar, December 14,2010, held on the seventh day of Muharram, which commemorates the slaying of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson in southern Iraq in the seventh century. During the Shiite Muslim holy month of Muharram, large processions are formed and the devotees parade the streets holding banners and carrying models of the mausoleum of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his people, who fell at Karbala. Shiites show their grief and sorrow by inflicting wounds on their own bodies with sharp metal tied to a chain with which they scourge themselves in order to depict the sufferings of the martyrs.
Bloody Ashoura
15 Dec 2010
An Indian Kashmiri Shiite Muslim bleeds after flagelating himself with a cluster of knives during a religious procession, Srinagar, December 14, 2010, held on the seventh day of Muharram, which commemorates the slaying of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson in southern Iraq in the seventh century. During the Shiite Muslim holy month of Muharram, large processions are formed and the devotees parade the streets holding banners and carrying models of the mausoleum of Hazrat Imam Hussain and his people, who fell at Karbala. Shiites show their grief and sorrow by inflicting wounds on their own bodies with sharp metal tied to a chain with which they scourge themselves in order to depict the sufferings of the martyrs.