Path: Islam

On the 10th of Muharram, many Muslims mark Ashura which commemorates the martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and pays tribute to the day Noah left the Ark, and the day that Moses and the Israelites were saved from Pharaoh by God creating a path in the Sea. Many celebrate this day as National Martyrs' Day and it is considered to be a major holy day and observed by making pilgrimage and fasting.