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Ahsura [Islamic]
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Category: Diversity and Inclusion Observances
A day of fasting observed on the 10th day of the month of Muharram to celebrate Moses’ exodus from Egypt. For Shi’a Muslims, it also marks the climax of the ten-day Remembrance of Muharram, which mourns the martyrdom of Hussein at the Battle of Kerbala.

*As noted on the Anti-Defamation League Calendar, Bahá’í, Jewish, and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the previous day and end at sundown on the date listed.
Source:
“Calendar of Observances.” Anti-Defamation League, 2019, www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-s.trategies/calendar-of-observances. Accessed 25 Sept. 2020