MOURNING PROCESSION OF IMAM HUSSAIN GRANDSON OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) AND SEVENTY-TWO OF HIS COMPANIONS EMBRACED MARTYDOM IN KARBALA IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. SINCE THEN EACH YEAR THE FOLLOWERS THROUGH GRIEF SORROW AND TEARS COMMEMORATE THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF KERBALA AND KEEP ALIVE ITS MESSAGE OF RESISTANCE AGAINST INJUSTICE AND TYRANNY.