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Wikipedia: The Day of Ashura (عاشوراء is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram. It is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH . According to Sunni Muslim tradition, the Prophet Muhammad fasted on this day and asked other people to fast.
![['Muharram procession': Shia Muslims in Malir, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan flagellated themselves during the Moharram...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/PICT0871_s.jpg "'Muharram procession': Shia Muslims in Malir, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan flagellated themselves during the Moharram...")
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![[2009 Ashura protests in Iran]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ashura_protest_in_Iran_s.jpg "2009 Ashura protests in Iran")
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![[Shi'a devotees congregate outside the Sydney Opera House, Australia to commemorate Husayn]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1170488615_RIMG1144_s.jpg "Shi'a devotees congregate outside the Sydney Opera House, Australia to commemorate Husayn")
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![[A tadjah at Hosay in Port of Spain during the 1950s]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/A_tadjah_at_Hosay_s.jpg "A tadjah at Hosay in Port of Spain during the 1950s")
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