Islamic Holidays
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Islamic Holidays
Like many religions around the world, Islam has holidays unique to it.
Five of the major holidays/celebrations include:
Al-Hijra
Mawlid
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Medina
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by
Konevi
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CC0 1.0.
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Ramadan
Ramadan Illustration
by
Mohamed Hassan
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license.
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Blue Mosque
by Nserrano is under
CC-BY SA
license.
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Eid al-Fitr
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Eid Al Adha
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suhailsuri,
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Eid al-Adha
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Eid al-Adha
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suhailsuri
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The Lunar Calendar
Islamic holidays follow the Lunar Calendar, so they do not always fall on the same dates annually on the calendar used in the Western World, the Gregorian calendar.
Click Here For an Interactive Calendar
This video helps demonstrate the use of the Lunar calendar in Islam:
Background image:
Islamic Center of America
, by
Dane Hillard
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CC BY 2.0
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