Andrew J. Newman
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Personal Chair of Islamic Studies and Persian, University of Edinburgh. Author of Twelver Shi'ism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam and others.
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ʿĀshūrāʾ, Muslim holy day observed on the 10th of Muḥarram, the first month of the Muslim calendar (Gregorian date variable). The term is derived from the Arabic word for the number ten. The word Muḥarram itself derives from the Arabic root ḥ-r-m, one of whose meanings is “forbidden” (ḥarām).…
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