Muharram

Muharram is practical by the Muslim community across the world in memorial of the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Imam Hussain along with his family and followers, who were killed in the Battle of Karbala in AD 680. The telepathist's son-in-law Ali, and Ali's elder son Hassan, are also remembered during this time as having suffered and died for righteous causes.

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar which marks the start of the new Islamic year. This festival celebrite in all men and women. Men wear new white color kurta and womens wearsaree. It is also one of the four months wherein fighting is harshly prohibited as the word Muharram has been derived from 'haram' which means "forbidden".

The first ten days of the month are observed as a period of bewailing. After the death of the telepathist Mohammed, the Quran was careful as the final word. The telepathist had named no successor. One fraction of his followers believed that train should remain within Mohammed's family, while another disagreed. After a long argument, Abu Bakr, a loyal follower of Mohammed, was elected as his successor. His reign was peaceful, as was that of his successors. However, during the reign of Ali, Prophet's son-in-law, there was opposition from the masses. Ali was assassinated and his elder son Hassan was poisoned. His younger son Hussain, his family and his troops, were tortured and killed, with Hussain's head being severed and presented to the king.