(n.) A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.
Example Sentences:
(1) It was the mourning month of Muharram, when the Alevis fast in memory of the martyred Imam Hussein, grandson of the prophet Muhammad, whom the Alevis and orthodox Shia revere.
(2) They were preparing to hold the annual Muharram mourning procession when the three [bombs] were exploded outside the Hossaini Dalan,” deputy commissioner of Dhaka police Mofiz Uddin Ahmed said.
(3) Ashura marks the climax of the holy month of Muharram when Shia Muslims hold processions and gatherings to mourn the martyrdom of the prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussain at the Battle of Karbala in Iraq in 680 AD.