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The tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. The 10-day of Muharram is observed by both

Sunni and Shia sects, but for Shia Muslims it is also a major commemoration of the assassination of Imam Husayn, a Shia leader and the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed.

Husayn was killed by the army of the Caliph Yazid at the Battle of Karbala in 680 AD, in what is now modern-day Iraq. His death was an event that led to the split in Islam into two main sect...s - Sunnis and Shias. On Ashura, some Shia men and women parade through the streets dressed in black, slapping their chests and chanting, while others reenact the Battle of Karbala with mourning rituals and passion plays. Many also choose the holy day to make a pilgrimage to the Mashhad al-Husayn, the shrine in Karbala in Iraq that is regarded as Husayn's tomb