Mourning of Muharram (Arabic: عزاء محرم, romanized: ʿAzāʾ Muḥarram; Persian: عزاداری محرم, romanized: ʿAzādārī-i Muḥarram) is a set of religious rituals...

on Ashura with mourning processions in Shia cities. Also in Muharram, the Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem was initially set as the direction of prayer for early...

ʿĀshūrāʾ, [ʕaːʃuːˈraːʔ]) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. For Sunni...

During the mourning of Muharram, spontaneous slogans of Ya Hussain, Ya Ali, and Ya Rasul Allah (Arabic: يَا رَسُولُ الله "O Messenger of God") are common...

Bayramı). Alevis observe a fast for the first twelve days, known as the Mourning of Muharram (Turkish: Muharrem Mâtemi, Yâs-ı Muharrem, or Mâtem Orucu; Kurdish:...

of terrorist actions against the Mourning of Muharram contain actions like kill, bodily harm or bombing or attack with a target of holding Mourning of...

part of their religious identity to date. Ashura to Arba'in is thus a period of mourning for Shia Muslims, particularly the first ten days of Muharram and...

gatherings of Shia Muslims for spiritual practice, religious education and commemoration ceremonies, especially the Mourning of Muharram. The Husayniyya...

Battle of Karbala (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة كَرْبَلَاء, romanized: maʿraka Karbalāʾ) was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic...

part of their religious identity to date. Ashura to Arba'in is thus a period of mourning for Shia Muslims, particularly the first ten days of Muharram and...

remembrance of the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. Latmiyas are a part of the Mourning of Muharram, which is a set of rituals commemorating...

Ashura day to patients who need it. Shia Islam portal Mourning of Muharram Battle of Karbala Criticism of Twelver Shia Islam Self-flagellation "Fatwa on Tatbir...

Following the precedents of Shia imams in mourning Husayn, Shia Muslims commemorate the Karbala events throughout the months of Muharram and Safar, particularly...

distinction during the 1993 Mumbai bombings Zanjir, a type of chain used in Mourning of Muharram This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

ten days of Muharram, which are traditionally associated with the martyrdom of Husayn. The prominent place of Fatimah in Islam as daughter of Islamic prophet...

prescribed days of mourning for the calamities or deaths of prophets, let alone for others of lesser status. Twelvers have also been accused of raising Karbala...

invoke the memory or intervention of Hussain ibn Ali. It is especially used in the context of the Mourning of Muharram. The British in colonial India heard...

faith with a catalog of heroic norms. The battle is commemorated during an annual ten-day period during the Islamic month of Muharram by many Muslims especially...

gather for mourning of Muharram Takya (or Tekke in Turkish), which may refer to the gathering place of a Sufi brotherhood, or the shrine of a Sufi saint...

Mujtahid final exam, leading to "thousands" of Ayatollahs. The title is not used by the Sunni community of Iran, nor by Shias in Lebanon, Pakistan, or...

announced by Agha Hamid Moosavi before start of Muharram every year, and Moosavi has criticized non implementation of Pakistan's National Action Plan. Agha Syed...

ninth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Tasu'a is followed by Ashura, tenth of Muharram, which marks the death of Husayn ibn...

commemorate the events of Karbala throughout the months of Muharram and Safar, particularly during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on the tenth...

Karbala events throughout the months of Muharram and Safar, particularly during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on Ashura with processions...

portal Culture of Trinidad and Tobago Islam in Trinidad and Tobago Islam in Guyana Islam in Suriname Islam in Jamaica Mourning of Muharram Tabuik Rawda...

power in Iran in the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty initiated a campaign of forced conversion against the Iranian populace, seeking to create a demographic...

of Taʿziyeh from Muharram Mourning Ritual to Secular and Comical Theatre.” Peripheral Taʿziyeh: The Transformation of Taʿziyeh from Muharram Mourning...

to follow' or 'religious reference') is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia religious cleric, with the authority given by a hawzah (a seminary...

successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi. According to Twelver theology, the Twelve...

massacred Husayn and 72 of his men. This massacre, which occurred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram, elevated the martyrdom of Husayn to almost mythical...