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Subject : History of Muharram
Muharram is the first month of
the Islamic calendar. On the
first day of Muharram, the
Islamic New Year is observed by
Muslims. The Islamic calendar is
a lunar calendar, and is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year.
Hence it is a little different
from the Gregorian calender
that is used in the western
nations. When compared with
the Gregorian calendar, which is a solar calendar, the lunar
month of Muharram shifts from
year to year.
The month of Muharram is of
great religious significance to
Islamic people the world over. It is held to be the most sacred
of all the months, excluding
Ramadan. The word
"Muharram" is often considered
synonymous with "Ashura", the
tenth day of the Muharram month.
"Ashura" is a highly important
day for both sects of Islam - the
Shias and the Sunnis. The Shia
muslims
believe that Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad, became a martyr
at the Battle of Karbala on the
tenth day of Muharram in 61 AH
(680 AD).
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