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In Algeria, the Islamic festival of Ashura (Arabic: يوم عاشوراء), on 10 Muharram, is a public holiday, traditionally marked by celebration, zakat-giving, fasting, and cemetery visits [1] [2] depending on the region. [3] [4] In some areas the celebration incorporates dances, music, and masquerades.
Today, in most Muslim countries, Zakat is at the discretion of Muslims over how and whether to pay, typically enforced by fear of God, peer pressure, and an individual's personal feelings. [17] Among the Sunni Muslims, Zakat committees, linked to a religious cause or local mosque, collect zakat. [81]
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 ...
Muslims will congregate in their local mosques in the early hours of the first day of Eid to perform this prayer. Muslims are also obligated to pay Zakat al-Fitr, a mandatory charity of food that ...
The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to Islamic calendar, and thus has no set date in the Gregorian calendar. They are listed below in the order in which they occur in Islamic calendar:
Africa Day: September 22: Independence Day: From France, 1960 December 25: Christmas Day: 10 Muharram: Ashura: Ashura 12 Rabi' al-awwal: Mawlid: Prophet's Birthday 19 Rabi' al-awwal: Baptism of the Prophet [3] Mali is the only country that celebrates this holiday. 1 Shawwal: Korité: End of Ramadan, breaking of the Fast 10 Dhu al-Hijjah ...
Holiday Date Notes Mawlid: 12 Rabi' al-awwal: Muslim holiday celebrating the birthday of Muhammad. Eid al-Adha: 10 Dhu al-Hijjah: Muslim holiday celebrating the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son. Eid al-Fitr: 1 Shawwal: Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting. Good Friday: Friday of Holy Week (March or April)
The Public Holidays Ordinance (Amended) Act, 1966 lists twelve public holidays in its schedule. At present, Tanzania has a total of seventeen public holidays: [2] eight religious holidays, three national holidays, two commemorating the death anniversaries of the inaugural leaders of its constituent states and the remaining four of other national importance.