Shia Muslims can combine prayers to pray three times a day, as opposed to the Sunni practice of five times a day. Some Shia pray using a small tablet of clay from a holy place such as Karbala.

Taking their positions side by side, in multiple rows, a few hundred Shia and Sunni Muslims offered their Eid al-Adha prayers together after which they met with local Hindu, Sikh and Christians. "In ...