 Muharram means “respected”. It is the first month of the Islamic Calendar and it commemorates the death of Hazrat Imam Hussain in the battle of Karbala. Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, his family members and a number of his followers were surrounded by forces loyal to Yazid, the muslim ruler, in the desert at a place now known as Karbala in Iraq and was killed there... Read More
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