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Many Muslim households across the globe observe milad-un-nabi, which commemorates prophet Muhammad’s birthday. It’s a gazetted holiday in India and is also known as Nabi Day, Mawlid, Mohammad’s Birthday or the Prophet’s Birthday. Milad-un-Nabi is a public holiday. It’s a day off for the general population, schools and optionally for…
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EID AL-ADHA
Eid al-Adha ( ’Festival of the Sacrifice’) is the latter of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr or ‘Festival of the Breaking of the Fast’). It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (in Judaism, Isaac) as an act of obedience to God’s command. Before AbrahamContinue reading “EID AL-ADHA”
EID AL-FITR
Eid al-Fitr also called the “Festival of Breaking the Fast” or Lesser Eid, or simply Eid, is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. It falls on the first day of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar; this does not always fall on the sameContinue reading “EID AL-FITR”
MILAD UN-NABI aka EID-E-MILAD
Many Muslim households across the globe observe milad-un-nabi, which commemorates prophet Muhammad’s birthday. It’s a gazetted holiday in India and is also known as Nabi Day, Mawlid, Mohammad’s Birthday or the Prophet’s Birthday. Milad-un-Nabi is a public holiday. It’s a day off for the general population, schools and optionally for the working class. Most ofContinue reading “MILAD UN-NABI aka EID-E-MILAD”
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