什葉派穆斯林不顧威脅朝聖慶祝阿舒拉節
Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims have gathered in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala for the annual Ashura commemoration, despite the threat of Sunni extremist attacks.
Iraq's security forces have deployed tens of thousands of troops to protect the pilgrims, who are observing the 7th century death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, one of Shi'ite Islam's most revered figures. His death marks the rift between Shi'ite and Sunni Islam.
Sunni militants from the Islamic State group have claimed responsibility for multiple deadly attacks against Shi'ites who were traveling to Karbala for Ashura.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says Islamic State fighters tortured and abused Kurdish children they abducted from the northern Syrian town of Kobani.成千上萬的什葉派穆斯林朝聖者不顧遜尼派極端分子的襲擊威脅，聚集在伊拉克聖城卡爾巴拉，慶祝一年一度的阿舒拉節。
伊拉克安全部隊部署了數萬名軍人來保護朝聖者。什葉派穆斯林的阿舒拉節紀念先知穆罕默德的孫子侯賽因。侯賽因死於公元7世紀，他是什葉派伊斯蘭教最崇敬的人物之一。他的死標誌着什葉派和遜尼派穆斯林之間的分裂。
前往卡爾巴拉的什葉派穆斯林多次遭到襲擊。伊斯蘭國組織的遜尼派激進分子聲稱對這些襲擊負責。
與此同時，人權組織人權觀察指責伊斯蘭國武裝分子折磨虐待庫爾德兒童。伊斯蘭國今年5月從敘利亞城鎮科巴尼綁架了一些庫爾德兒童。
