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  2. Musta'min - Wikipedia

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    Mustaʾmīn or Musta'man (Arabic: مستأمن) is a historical Islamic term for a non-Muslim foreigner temporarily residing in Muslim lands with aman, or guarantee of short-term safe-conduct (aman mu'aqqat), affording the protected status of dhimmi (non-Muslim subjects permanently living in a Muslim-ruled land) without the payment of jizya. [1]

  3. Qingming Festival - Wikipedia

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    This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4, 5 or 6 April in a given year. [11] [12] [13] During Qingming, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites and make ritual offerings to their ancestors. [8] Offerings would typically include traditional food dishes and the burning of joss sticks and ...

  4. April - Wikipedia

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    April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere , and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere , where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

  5. Seven pillars of Ismailism - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the Musta'lī maintain five prayers and their style is generally closely related to that of the Twelvers. Zakah "charity": All Ismā'īlī have practices resembling that of Sunni and Twelver Muslims with the addition of the characteristic Shī'a khums : payment of one fifth of all income earned at the end of the year to the imām.

  6. Puthandu - Wikipedia

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    A traditional arrangement of festive foods for Puthandu. The Tamil New Year follows the spring equinox and generally falls on 14 April of the Gregorian year. [1] The day celebrates on the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar and is a public holiday in both Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.

  7. Public holidays in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    9 April: Air Force Day: Hari Jadi TNI Angkatan Udara: 1950: Honors the active and reserve serving men and women and veterans of the Indonesian Air Force: 20 April: National Consumer Day: Hari Konsumen Nasional: 2012 [13] 21 April: Kartini Day: Hari Kartini "Women Emancipation Day". The birthday of Kartini, an Indonesian women's rights activist ...

  8. Marble Mountain Air Facility - Wikipedia

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    On 28 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that the U.S. would increase the number of its forces in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. The arrival of additional USMC and United States Air Force squadrons at Da Nang AB led to severe overcrowding at the base and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (I MAW) began looking for an alternative site for the helicopter squadrons of MAG-16.

  9. Outline of air pollution dispersion - Wikipedia

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    There are five types of air pollution dispersion models, as well as some hybrids of the five types: [1] Box model – The box model is the simplest of the model types. [2] It assumes the airshed (i.e., a given volume of atmospheric air in a geographical region) is in the shape of a box.