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Muharram (Arabic: ٱلْمُحَرَّم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which warfare is forbidden. For Shia Muslims, Muharram is a period of intense mourning and remembrance that commemorates the Battle of Karbala, in which Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and most of his male relatives and companions were killed by the forces of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I on the tenth day of the month, known as Ashura. Over the centuries, the observances of Muharram have travelled far from their origins at Karbala and have developed into a significant set of rituals with profound social, political, cultural, and artistic dimensions (Chelkowski, 2010). This event is central to Shia religious identity and practice, with rituals during Muharram serving to express grief, reaffirm loyalty to Husayn, and reflect on themes of sacrifice and justice.Continue ...

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-'''Ummah (Arabic: أمة‎ [ˈʊmmæ])''' is an Arabic word meaning "community". It is distinguished from shaʻb (شعب [ʃæ'b]), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national community with a common history.
+'''Muharram''' (Arabic: ٱلْمُحَرَّم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which warfare is forbidden. For [[Shia Islam|Shia]] Muslims, Muharram is a period of intense mourning and remembrance that commemorates the [[Battle of Karbala]], in which [[Husayn ibn Ali]], the grandson of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]], and most of his male relatives and companions were killed by the forces of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid I on the tenth day of the month, known as [[Ashura]]. Over the centuries, the observances of Muharram have travelled far from their origins at Karbala and have developed into a significant set of rituals with profound social, political, cultural, and artistic dimensions (Chelkowski, 2010). This event is central to Shia religious identity and practice, with rituals during Muharram serving to express grief, reaffirm loyalty to Husayn, and reflect on themes of sacrifice and justice.[[Month of Muharram|'''Continue
-It is a synonym for ummat al-Islām (أمة الإسلام, 'the Islamic community'), and it is commonly used to mean the collective community of Islamic people. In the Quran the ummah typically refers to a single group that shares common religious beliefs, specifically those that are the objects of a divine plan of salvation. <ref>Houtsma, M. Th (1987). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. Brill. pp. 125–126. ISBN 9004082654. </ref>  In the context of pan-Islamism and politics, the word ummah can be used to mean the concept of a Commonwealth of the Believers (أمة المؤمنين ummat al-muʼminīn).
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