[aesop_image img=”https://kayhanlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-08-09T054906Z_79915238_RC2QSV904WS3_RTRMADP_3_IRAQ-RELIGION-ASHURA.jpg” panorama=”off” credit=”SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB. ” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” caption=”Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr gash their heads with blades during a ceremony marking Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi’ite Muslim calendar, at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq August 9, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]