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Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic Calendar. The word 'Rajab' is a derivative of Rajaba, which means "to respect" in Arabic. Rajab is one of the four sacred months in the Islamic Calendar, during...
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The significance of the hijab and its role in society led to World Hijab Day on February 1st, beginning in 2013. Founded by Nazma Khan, World Hijab Day aims to foster religious tolerance and understanding...
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Night of Forgiveness, or Laylat al Bara’a, is an Islamic observance. Muslims believe God writes the following year’s destiny for each man, woman, or child on this night. Typically, Muslims stay awake all...
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Nisfu Syaaban is an Islamic observance. Muslims believe this is the night when the fortunes of each person for the coming year are decided, and God forgives sins. In some cultures within the Islamic wor...
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The Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins today at sundown for most Muslims and for Shi'ite Muslims on the next day. For those doing business with the Islamic world, many businesses will close or have sho...
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On February 11, 1979, the Shah of Iran, installed by the US and UK after a successful coup in 1953 against the democratically elected government, was deposed and forced from power by a popular uprising h...
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According to Islam, Isra and Mi'raj are the two parts of the Night Journey, which the prophet Mohammad undertook during a single night in the year 621 AD. The Qu'ran states he traveled from Mecca to Jerus...
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Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic Calendar. The word 'Rajab' is a derivative of Rajaba, which means "to respect" in Arabic. Rajab is one of the four sacred months in the Islamic Calendar, during...
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Shaban, or Sha'ban, is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar and the month before Ramadan.
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National Spaghetti Day celebrates the round wheat noodle known as spaghetti. The ancient Greeks first wrote about spaghetti nearly 3,000 years ago. Later the lauded Roman statesman and poet Cicero documen...
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Ashura marks the Shi'a Islamic new year. "Ashura" is the Arabic word for tenth, thus named as it occurs on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Ashura is significant to t...
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Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar. The Arabic word means "whistling of the wind." As the Islamic calendar is 11 days shorter than the solar calendar, each Islamic month falls at a differen...
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Day is a national holiday in Iran and marks the cleric's death on June 3, 1989. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was an influential Shiite Muslim cleric and political leader who w...
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Eid al-Adha is one of the two religious holidays observed by Muslims worldwide. It commemorates the obedience of Abraham to God when He commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael at Mount Moriah. But,...
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Christians have Gospel music, and Islam in North Africa has Gnaoua. The Gnaoua World Music Festival, also known as Festival Gnaoua et Musiques du Monde, is an annual celebration in the coastal town of Ess...
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Dhu al-Hijjah is the 12th and last month in the Islamic Calendar, the final of four sacred months, and the month of Hajj. Performing Hajj occurs between the 8th to 12/13th of the month and is one of Islam...
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Hijri (emigration), or Islamic New Year, is observed on the first day of Muharram, which is the first month in the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar begins in 622 AD, and it marks when Mohammed, th...
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The Islamic calendar, also known as the Hijri calendar, is a lunar calendar used by Muslims to determine the dates of religious events and observances, including Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, and Hajj. The calend...
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Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and one of four sacred months for Muslims. Today is the first full day, and the month begins at sundown the day before. The header image is from the U...