london diary

January 2011

back to january main page

my london diary

 

Shia Muslims 30th Arbaeen Procession

Marble Arch, London. 30 Jan 2011


 
A cradle in memory of the 6 month old child of  Imam Husain, Hazrat Ali Asghar, who was also murdered
     
 

  Women push one of the replica shrines
 
Some of the men beat their breasts with great vigour during the procession 

 

 

 

The ceremonial coffin in the procession 

 

 

 

Imam Mehdi (or Mahdi) was the 12th Imam, born in AH 255;
he was hidden on becoming an Imam and will reappear shortly before the day of judgement
to establish justice and Islamic rule over the world

    

 

   

All pictures on these pages are copyright © 2010 and may not be reproduced without permission.
Unauthorised copying of images registered at the US Copyright Office may result in punitive damages.

january
february
march
april
may
june
july
august
september
october
november
december

2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999

some of my work gets put into nice organised websites.

this isn't meant to be like that, but you can see some of the rest at

london pictures
londons industrial history

and you can read what I think about photography at

>Re:PHOTO

All pictures on this section of the site are Copyright © Peter Marshall 2010;
to buy prints or for permission to reproduce pictures or to comment on this site, or for any other questions,

contact me

your comments may be added to the site - or not.
Payment may be waived for acceptable non-profit uses.

Site search Web search

powered by FreeFind