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Festivity
- Islamic New Year |
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The
Islamic New Year is a cultural event which Muslims
observe on the first day
of Muharram; the first month in
the Islamic calendar and it pay homage
to Prophet Muhammad. The most important
part is to tell the hijra
(Muhammad's flight from
Medina to Mecca). Muharram is one of four
months that have been designated as holy according
to the Islamic calendar, the other three being
- Dhul-Qa'adah, Dhul-Hijjah
and Rajab.
The month of Muharram is also associated with
many auspicious events in Islamic history.
Allah is supposed
to have created the heavens and the earth on this
blessed day. Many, and the Hijra, or migration,
Islamic prophet Muhammad made to the city now
known as Medina. Muslims gather in mosques
and offer special prayers and listen to special
readings from the Koran.
The Muslim New Year
falls eleven days earlier than the previous year
because the Muslim calendar is based on the movements
of the moon.
The Islamic calendar (or Hijri calendar) is consistently
shorter than a tropical year, and therefore it
shifts approximately 10-12 days every year with
respect to the Gregorian calendar. It is because
of that the Islamic calendar contains 12 months
that are based on the motion of the moon and months
are only 12 x 29.53= 354.36 days.
The following are the dates of important
Islamic holidays, from 2009
to 2014. |
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In the Year
of the Hegira |
Muharram
(Islamic New Year) |
Mawlid al-Nabi
(Muhammad's
Birthday) |
Ramadan
begins |
Eid al-Fitr
(Ramadan ends) |
Eid al-Adha
(Festival of
Sacrifice) |
A.H.
1431 |
Dec.
18, 2009 |
Feb.
26, 2010 |
Aug.
11, 2010 |
Sept.
10, 2010 |
Nov.
15, 2010 |
A.H.
1432 |
Dec.
7, 2010 |
Feb.
15, 2011 |
Aug.1,
2011 |
Aug.30,
2011 |
Nov.
6, 2011 |
A.H.
1433 |
Nov.
26, 2011 |
Feb.
4, 2012 |
July
20, 2012 |
Aug.19,
2012 |
Oct.
26, 2012 |
A.H.
1434 |
Nov.
15, 2012 |
Jan.
24, 2013 |
July
9, 2013 |
Aug.
8, 2013 |
Oct.
15, 2013 |
A.H.
1435 |
Nov.
4, 2013 |
Jan.
13, 2014 |
June
28, 2014 |
July
28, 2014 |
Oct.
4, 2014 |
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The
above dates may vary by one or two days as the
Islamic calendar is based on lunar observation
and are subject to local sightings of the new
moon.
Recently, in many
areas of Muslim population, people have begun
exchanging cards and gifts
on this day. |
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