'Ashura'

'Ashura'
/ash"oo rah/, n.
1. the tenth of the month of Muharram, an important fast day for Sunni Muslims.
2. (among Shi'ite Muslims) the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussein.
[ < Ar 'Ashura']

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