English-Portuguese translations for ashura

• Ashura
  O Presidente Barack Obama interrompeu as suas férias de Natal para se pronunciar contra ataques ainda mais brutais a cidadãos após o dia de Ashura. President Barack Obama broke off his holidays over Christmas to speak out against yet more brutal attacks on citizens after Ashura.
  Apenas ontem, como já ouviram dizer, em Teerão, um tribunal irregular exigiu a pena de morte para cinco manifestantes detidos no decurso dos tumultos do dia da Ashura, em 27 de Dezembro. Only yesterday, as you have heard, a kangaroo court in Tehran called for the death penalty against five protesters arrested during the Ashura riots on 27 December.

Definition of ashura

• A holy day falling on the 10th day of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of in 680 AD

Related words

• Ashurst
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