Day of Ashurah

(For details, please see Islamic calendar.) All future dates listed below are only estimates:. The following are gameplay mods by RamboBones, which work only for version 1.2:. Furthermore, the method used to determine when each Islamic month begins varies from country to country. Some of them are graphical mods, and some of them change the gameplay. While Ashurah is always on the same day of the Islamic calendar, the date on the Western calendar (the Gregorian calendar) varies from year to year due to differences between the two calendars, since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. A few mods exist for the game. Some scholars, however, suggest that this day is the tenth most important day that God has blessed Muslims with; hence the name Ashurah. The Icy Tower resource page or Icy Tower fan page offers some of them.

The general consensus is that the day is the tenth day of the month of Muharram. Characters can be downloaded from the internet. In his book Ghuniyatut Talibin, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani writes that the Islamic scholars have a difference of opinion as to why this day is known as Ashurah. Icy Tower also comes with a template character, allowing fans to create their own characters, with their own graphics, sound effects, and background music. The word Ashurah is Arabic for tenth. Icy Tower comes with two default characters: Harold the Homeboy and Disco Dave. The 2004 (1425 AH) Shi'a pilgrimage to Karbala, the first since Saddam Hussein was removed from power in Iraq, was marred by bomb attacks, which killed and wounded hundreds despite tight security. Version 1.2 introduced the ability to play with custom characters.

[3]. Note: You must have Icy Tower installed on your computer to view downloaded replays.. Recently, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan have all seen suicide Sunni bombers killing Shiite mourners. The offspring of this ability is the global High Score List, which lists the best Icy Tower scores, combos, and floors, and allows internet users to download replays of those events. In countries that have significant populations of both sects, there is often violence during the holiday. This gives the player the ability to provide proof of their highest scores, combos and floors. The Sunni and Shi'a schism is highlighted by the difference in celebrations by Sunni and Shia Muslims. Version 1.2 introduced the ability to save replays of games.

Hence, Sunni practices commemorating Ashurah generally do not involve Hussein or his death and consist mainly of fasting and prayers. Icy Tower features the ability to start the game with a floor type of your choice, but only after you have successfully landed on the actual floor where that particular type begins. While Sunnis generally consider the martyrdom of Hussein to be an unfortunate event and one of great historical importance, they do not ascribe religious significance to it as the Shi'a do. Version 1.3 features one more floor type (called "chain-floor"), which starts off from floor 1000, and can not be unlocked or seen in lower floors. The day carries considerably less significance for Sunnis than it does for Shi'as. As of version 1.2, there are a total of 10 floor types, type 1 being floors 0-99 and type 10 being floors 900 and above. Today,Sunnis regard fasting on the 10th of Muharram as a recommended, though not obligatory, act. Every 100 floors, the floor type (the way the floors look) changes.

They remember the day when Children of Israel were liberated from the slavery of Egyptians. As of 1.2, rewards are simply a flashy message along with the following words, spoken after the player has successfully finished a combo. According to Sunni tradition, when the Prophet led his followers to Medina, he found the Jews of that area fasting on the day of Ashurah in rememberance of Moses. The bigger the combo, the greater the reward. Sunnis also commemorate Ashurah, but for different reasons. After making a combo-jump, you are given a reward as well as points. Many of the events associated with Ashurah are held in special congregation halls known as "Hussainia". Players either thrive for the highest score they can achieve (by making the biggest combo they can jump), or to reach the highest floor they can.

[2]. To be really victorious, you will have to make cool jumps, combo-jumps, for which you will be awarded n² points for every n floors jumped in one combo. [1] The practice is not universal - many Shia enact the ritual by beating their chests symbolically. This alone will not gain you any great scores however. Some Shia celebrate Ashurah with a traditional flagellation ritual called zanjeer zani or zanjeer matam, involving the use of a zanjeer (a chain with a set of curved knives at the end). You will get 10 points for each floor you reach. The Iranian Revolution and social and political change and the anti-government uprising of the 1990s. There is a clock in the upper left corner of the screen that shows how much time is left until the next speed-up.

In neighboring Iran, the festival became a major political symbol during the Islamic Revolution, as also occurred in the Lebanese Civil War, and in Bahrain during the History of Bahrain. This is not so hard in the beginning since the scrolling is very slow, but every 30 seconds, an alarm clock will sound and the scrolling will go slightly faster. The regime of Saddam Hussein saw this as a potential threat and banned Ashurah commemorations for many years. As the player escalates the tower, it will start to scroll upwards slowly and the player will have to keep up in order to not fall off the screen. Hussein's martyrdom is widely interpreted by Shi'a as a symbol of the struggle against injustice, tyranny, and oppression. Hitting walls (the sides of the tower) and immediately turning around generally maintains your character's speed. This is intended to connect them with Hussein's suffering and death. The faster it runs, the higher and longer it will jump.

Shi'as also express mourning by thumping their chests. Your character will constantly accelerate as long as it moves. Many Shi'a make pilgrimages on Ashurah to the Mashhad al-Hussein, the shrine in Karbala, Iraq that is traditionally held to be Husayn's tomb. jumping but missing a floor and falling past the bottom of the screen), as well as to keep ahead and above of the ever-faster upward scrolling of the game (explained under 'Scrolling'). This day is of particular significance to Shi'a Muslims, who consider Hussein the third Imam and a rightful successor of Muhammad. The player's goal is to reach higher and higher floors without falling (i.e. . The Tower consists of floors in different sizes and is of infinite height.

The word ashurah means simply tenth in Arabic; hence the festival's name, literally translated, means "the tenth day". . It was adopted by Muslims as a recommended fast in respect to the tribulations of Musa (Moses). In the game, the player controls Harold the Homeboy whose goal is to climb the tower as high as he can by jumping up floors, and earn points while doing so. Ashurah corresponds to the Jewish Yom Kippur, which was held by the Jews of Medina. Icy Tower is a freeware video game created by Johan Peitz of Free Lunch Design, inspired by Xjump. Ashurah is also commemorated by Muslims as the traditional date on which Noah's ark came to rest, the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) was born and the Ka'ba was built in Mecca. RamboMod - enables customization of the speed and floor sizes of the game.

It is a day for mourning. SolidFloor - floors are completely solid, so you can't jump on them from below. It commemorates the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala in the year 61 AH (AD 680). ProFloor - the floors are shorter. The Day of Āshūrāh, sometimes spelled Aashurah, ‘Ashurah, Ashoura or Aashoorah (Arabic: عاشوراء, ʿĀšūrāʾ), is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Festival of Muharram but not the Islamic month. FastFloor - the game goes slightly (~120%) faster. 2010: December 16.

2009: January 7, then December 27. 2008: January 19. 2007: January 29. 2006: February 9.

2005: February 19. 2004: March 2. 2003: March 13.