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Sep 1, 2019 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Muharram is the first month of the Muslim calendar, but not one to celebrate — rather, it is a month of mourning, observed in particular by Shia worldwide.
It commemorates the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, where amongst many, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad , Imam Hussain, was martyred and other family members were killed or subjected to humiliation.
