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Ashura – remembering the Shi’ite martyr Husayn

Ashura (also spelled Aashurah, ‘Ashurah or Aashoorah), is an Islamic holiday observed on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic year. The word Ashura means “10,” denoting the date of the holiday. Shortly after the Hijira in AD 622, Muhammad designated Ashura as a day of fasting …

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