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Ashura
July 17
In Shia Islam this is a day for mourning the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
In Sunni Islam this is a day for commemorating God’s parting of the Red Sea and his salvation of Moses and the Israelites from their slavery under the pharaoh.