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Large crowd of people in Dhaka, Bangladesh, participates in a Muharram procession, with many holding red and green flags and banners along a city street. Shi'i Muslim men wearing red headbands and black clothing sit and weep during an Ashura mourning procession in Beirut, Lebanon. Muslim Shiʿi children dressed as angels with colorful wings perform in an Ashura passion play outdoors near Kashan, Iran, with spectators and red flags in the background. A group of Shiʿi Muslim men dressed in black participate in mourning rituals, raising their hands over their heads during a remembrance ceremony for Imam Ḥusayn. A group of Shiʿi Muslim men in red vests and headbands participate in an Ashura procession, marching in formation outdoors in Dearborn, Michigan. Crowd gathers at night around an illuminated, ornate tazia replica during the Muharram procession in Junagadh, Gujarat, India.
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  • Charles Preston
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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Ashura: Why Muslims fast and mourn in Muharram. Aug 19, 2026
Expanded discussions of history and practices. Jun 10, 2026
Add new Web site: The Open University - OpenLearn - Ashura. Oct 11, 2025
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Ashura. Aug 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Ashura: A new blood in the body of Islam. Jan 12, 2023
Removed media. Nov 01, 2021
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Ashura: A Day of Remembrance in the Islamic Calendar. Oct 31, 2021
Media added. Dec 16, 2019
Corrected display issue. Sep 10, 2019
Article thoroughly revised. Feb 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Asura. Nov 13, 2017
Media added. May 25, 2017
Article revised. Oct 02, 2003
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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