Ashura Day is the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
For Shiites, who make up 15 percent of the global Muslim community, it marks the climax to the Remembrance of Muharram and commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the "Battle of Karbala":[ Ссылка ] in 680.
Husayn was massacred along with a small group of companions and family members. His death is remembered with profound sadness.
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