Muharram

[ moo-har-uh m ]

/ muˈhær əm /

Moharram.

Example sentences from the Web for muharram

The Shiite mourning month of Muharram begins on December 18.

Will Iran Ignite? |Gary Sick |December 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The Revolutionary Guard and the basij are determined to make sure that Muharram and Ashura will not provide that opportunity.

Will Iran Ignite? |Gary Sick |December 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
He was killed on the tenth of Muharram (Ashura) in the year 680 on the plain of Karbala, in what is now Iraq.

Will Iran Ignite? |Gary Sick |December 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The Muharram celebration takes its name from the first month of the Muhammadan year, during which it takes place.

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official |William Sleeman

The Sunns do not, except as spectators, take any part in the Muharram ceremonies.

The Faith of Islam |Edward Sell
This is an orthodox blow at the Sha'h practices in the month of Muharram.

The Faith of Islam |Edward Sell
Among Muhammadans, Shiah women remove their nose-rings during the Muharram as a sign of mourning.

The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. II (of 2) |W. Crooke
But with the beginning of Muharram the latent religious excitement of the East broke loose.

Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures |Gertrude Bell

Muharram

/ (muːˈhærəm) /

the first month of the Islamic year

from Arabic: sacred