{"id":77786,"date":"2021-08-18T14:27:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T14:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=77786"},"modified":"2021-08-20T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T08:56:54","slug":"kashmir-police-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-a-gathering-of-shias-commemorating-ashura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/77786-kashmir-police-fire-tear-gas-to-disperse-a-gathering-of-shias-commemorating-ashura\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir police fire tear gas to disperse a gathering of Shias commemorating Ashura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f8_\u06f1\u06f3-\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f4\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f8_\u06f1\u06f3-\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f4\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f8_\u06f1\u06f3-\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f4\u06f2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f8_\u06f1\u06f3-\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f4\u06f2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f8_\u06f1\u06f3-\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f4\u06f2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f8-\u06f1\u06f8_\u06f1\u06f3-\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f4\u06f2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Police in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir fired tear gas and warning shots today, to disperse Shia Muslims participating in the processions to commemorate the month of Muharram, and dozens of them were arrested, according to the Associated Press and followed by Shia Waves.<br>The news agency said that &#8220;the Shia Muslims, who were dispersed and some of them arrested, were in a mourning procession, in which they chanted religious and pro-freedom slogans.&#8221;<br>It added that &#8220;government forces used batons to beat journalists who were covering the march, and the authorities erected steel barriers and barbed wire to repel the crowds.&#8221;<br>The news agency pointed out that &#8220;the government recently allowed the re-establishment of major mourning gatherings and processions, after they had been banned for more than thirty years. 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