Ashura

What Is Ashura? Yom Ashura or Ashura (عاشوراء‎ ʻĀshūrā’) is the tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. It marks the day that Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was killed in the Battle of Karbala. Ashura marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram,  the annual commemoration of...