Islamic New Year, also known as Muharram, holds great historical significance in the Islamic calendar. It marks the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina ...

Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar that has 354 days. Following the phases of the moon, the year is divided into 12 months. Following Ramadan or Ramzan, Muharram is considered to ...

Islamic scholars of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have agreed to forge unity and avoid provocation to maintain peace and harmony during Muharram. This understanding was reached at a meeting of the Ulema of ...

With Eid Al Adha and Islamic New Year falling in the same month, your June holiday could see you take more than half of the ...

The Islamic New Year is coming sooner than you might think, with the official UAE public holiday set to arrive in June this year. Announced as part of the country’s official UAE public holiday dates ...

In their separate messages at the advent of Muharram-ul-Haram, the first month of the Hijri year, they said the new Islamic year is a reminder that one should leave behind the ill feelings of the past ...

There are other Muslim holidays and Muslim festivals like Muharram, Eid-ul-Zuha etc... Islamic festivals and holidays are based on the Islamic Hijra calendar which is a lunar calendar. Therefore ...