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11–25 January – 2024 Asian Men's Handball Championship [1] 12 June – Several people are injured and 25 shops are destroyed in a fire in Manama Souq. [2] 4 September – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issues pardons to 457 prisoners on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his accession as monarch. [3]
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcome Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, all prisoners freed by Russia, as they arrive on Aug. 1, 2024, at Joint Base Andrews ...
Hundreds of Muslims gathered for the Eid al-Adha prayer service at Overpeck County Park in Ridgefield Park, NJ on Wednesday June 28, 2023. Eid al-Adha is the Feast of Sacrifice for when Ibrahim ...
Eid al-Adha is also sometimes called Eid II or "Greater Eid" (Arabic: العيد الكبير, romanized: al-ʿĪd al-Kabīr). [15] As with Eid al-Fitr, the Eid prayer is performed on the morning of Eid al-Adha, after which udhiyah , or the ritual sacrifice of sheep, may be performed.
Both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow a period of 10 holy days or nights: the last 10 nights of Ramadan for Eid al-Fitr, and the first 10 days of Dhu al-Hijjah for Eid al-Adha. The Night of Power (Arabic: لیلة القدر, romanized: Laylat al-Qadr), one of the last 10 nights of Ramadan, is the holiest night of the year.
As Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month, concluded on 9 April, Eid al-Fitr falls on 10 April 2024. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated according to the Islamic calendar, which is a lunar calendar that ...
10 April – Eid al-Fitr; 26 April – Union Day; 1 May – Labour Day; 16 June – Eid al-Adha; 7 July – Saba Saba Day; 8 August – Nane Nane Day; 16 September – Prophet Muhammad's Birthday; 14 October – Nyerere Day; 9 December – Tanzania Independence Day; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day
2024 Muscat mosque shooting: Nine people including three attackers are killed in a shooting at the Imam Ali Mosque in Wadi Kabir, Muscat. [4] The Islamic State subsequently claims responsibility for the attack, its first in Oman.