The calendars on our computers list various holidays. This week, one of the holidays was Ashura. Ashura is a holy day for Muslims, observed on the 9th and 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This year, it begins on the evening of Thursday, July 27 through Friday, July 28th.
Ashura is marked by Muslims with a voluntary day of fasting which commemorates the day Noah left the Ark, and the day Moses was saved from the Egyptians by God. But for Shia Muslims it is a major religious commemoration of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
So to all our Islamic friends, on this day of Muharram, may Allah bless you and always show you the right path. May your faith in Allah always bring you peace and prosperity — have a blessed Muharram.
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