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How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition

  • Written by Mara Leichtman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Muslim Studies, Michigan State University
How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual traditionShiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha, Tanzania, in 2017.Mara Leichtman , CC BY

Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Before the pandemic, this event reportedly drew more than 30 million people,...

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