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  2. List of observances set by the Islamic calendar - Wikipedia

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    Public holiday in Iran 28 Rajab March 23, 2020 Shia day of Mourning: Imam Husayn ibn ‘Alī started his journey to Karbalā from Medina, 60 A.H. Sha'ban: March 25 - April 23, 2020 8th Month of the Islamic calendar 15 Sha'ban April 8, 2020 Birth of Imam Mahdi/Mid-Sha'ban: Public holiday in Iran, Gargee'an: Ramadan (calendar month) (also called ...

  3. Islamic calendar - Wikipedia

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    Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar, also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.

  4. Islamic holidays - Wikipedia

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    There are two main holidays in Islam that are celebrated by Muslims worldwide: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The timing of both holidays are set by the lunar Islamic calendar, which is based upon the cycle of the moon, and so is different from the more common, European, solar-based Gregorian calendar. Every year, the Gregorian dates of the ...

  5. Sacred months - Wikipedia

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    In the Islamic religion, the sacred months or inviolable months include Dhu al-Qadah, Dhu'l-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab, the four months of the Islamic calendar during which war is considered forbidden except in response to aggression. [1] Al-Shafi'i and many of scholars went to the fatwa of the deceased during the

  6. What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy ...

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    Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. Ramadan is followed by the Islamic holiday of Eid ...

  7. Muharram - Wikipedia

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    Muharram (Arabic: ٱلْمُحَرَّم, romanized: al-Muḥarram) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is banned. It precedes the month of Safar. The tenth of Muharram is known as Ashura, an important day of commemoration in Islam.

  8. Category:Months of the Islamic calendar - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Months of the Islamic calendar" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

  9. Tatbir - Wikipedia

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    Performance of Tatbir in Iran.An image from Brooklyn Museum.The image is taken between 1876 and 1933. Tatbir, also called Zanjeer Zani or Qama Zani, [1] is practiced by some Shia Muslims on the day of Ashura on the 10 Muharram of the Islamic calendar and on the 40th day after Ashura, known as Arba'een (or Chehelom in Persian) by Twelver Shias around the world.