Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims moving around the Kaaba, the black cube seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A young Afghan boy leads a buffalo at a livestock market on the eve of Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice on Nov. 16, by sacrificial killing of sheep, goats, cows or camels. The slaughter commemorates the biblical story of Abraham, who was on the verge of sacrificing his son to obey God’s command, when God interceded by substituting a ram in the child’s place. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An elderly Palestinian man makes his way through an alley of Jerusalem’s Old City as he heads towards the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar where observants fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Kashmiri Muslim nomad man combs his beard as he waits to break his fast outside his tent at a temporary base camp in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 5, 2010. India will celebrate Eid ul-Fitr on Sept. 10 or 11, depending on the appearance of the moon, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
Fireworks are seen over the main Mosque in Grozny, Chechnya on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Friday is a holiday marking the Muslim Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. Muslims celebrate Prophet Mohammad’s birthday all over the world every year on 12th Rabi-ul-Awal month on the Islamic calendar with traditional festivities and religious fervor. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
Shiite Muslim women attend the festival of Arbaeen, one of the holiest days in their religious calendar at the Imam Abbas shrine in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. A bomb planted on a parked motorcycle ripped through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A Pakistani Muslim devotee smokes cigarettes as he and others gather to celebrate the annual congregation of famous saint Data Ganjbaksh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Thousands of people traveled from all over Pakistan to attend the celebrations. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Muslim pilgrims visit the Baqee cemetery where the Prophet Muhammad’s family is buried, in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. The Baqee cemetery is where the bitter rivalry between Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran gets personal. Iranians and other Shiites flock to the graves to pay respects to several revered descendants of Islam’s prophet, while Saudi soldiers and morality police try to prevent dramatic displays of fervent praying or weeping. (AP Photo)
A Bangladeshi Shiite Muslim breathes out fire during a Muharram procession in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Muharram, the first month of the Muslim calendar is especially important for Shiites, who stage processions to mourn the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, an event that led to the split in Islam between the Shiite and Sunni sects. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves on Ashura, in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves on Ashura in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with the backdrop of Charminar monument during an Ashura procession in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)





