ashura

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1. the tenth of the month of Muharram, an important fast day for Sunni Muslims.
2. (among Shiʿite Muslims) the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussein.

noun

1. Islam a Shiah festival observed on the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the death of the martyr Imam Hussein bin Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 61 ah (680 ad)

n.

Islamic fast on the 10th day of Muharram, Arabic Ashura’, literally “tenth.”

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