Muharram considered being the first month in the Islamic calendar or the Hijri calendar, Muharram is the second holiest month for Muslims around the world. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM During Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, which includes Ashura, Bangladeshi Shia Muslims gather at Hossaini Dalan to offer prayer, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 18, 2021. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian ĭuring Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, which includes Ashura, Bangladeshi Shia Muslims gather at Hossaini Dalan to offer prayer, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 18, 2021. Shia Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussain, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, during the first month of the Islamic calendar, called Muharram. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian Men covers himself in mud during the Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 307 miles southwest of Tehran, Iran on December 27, 2009. Men covers himself in mud during the Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, 307 miles southwest of Tehran, Iran on December 27, 2009. Mir Hossen Roney/Eyepix Group/The Photo Access Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet hazrat Muhammad. Mir Hossen Roney/Eyepix Group/The Photo Access DHAKA, BANGLADESH, AUGUST 20: Shias muslim People take part during a religious procession in the month of Muharram on the occasion to commemorate Ashura Day. (Photo by Sazzad Hossain/SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa USA/Alamy Live News ĭHAKA, BANGLADESH, AUGUST 20: Shias muslim People take part during a religious procession in the month of Muharram on the occasion to commemorate Ashura Day. Bangladeshi Shia Muslims lit candles during Muharram to mark Ashura.Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, observed around the world in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. (Photo by Sazzad Hossain/SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa USA/Alamy Live News Dhaka, Bangladesh.