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  2. List of Islamic years - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Hijri years (Latin: anno Hegirae or AH) with the corresponding common era years where applicable. For Hijri years since 1297 AH (1879/1881 CE), the Gregorian date of 1 Muharram, the first day of the year in the Islamic calendar, is given.

  3. Muharram - Wikipedia

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    1 Muharram: Death of Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) by injuries from the attack of Persian slave Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz. [28] Sunnis carry rallies on 1 Muharram to commemorate Umar. [29] 2–10 Muharram: Most mourning rituals for Karbala take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on the tenth with processions in major Shia cities. [30 ...

  4. Twelver Shia holy days - Wikipedia

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    The first ten days of Muharram are marked by a series of commemorative rituals, observed as a period of mourning and reflection in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. During this period, Shia Muslims, including Twelvers and other Shia sects, commemorate the Battle of Karbala and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and his companions. From ...

  5. Operation Strike of Muharram - Wikipedia

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    On 1 October 2018, under the code name Operation Strike of Muharram (Persian: ضربت محرم, romanized: Zarbat-e-Moharram), [1] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted missile and drone strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant based east of the Euphrates river in Syria in retaliation to the Ahvaz military parade attack the previous week.

  6. Islamic New Year - Wikipedia

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    Twelver Shia Muslims believe the Islamic new year is the first of Rabi' al-Awwal rather than Muharram, due to it being the month in which the Hijrah took place. [6] This has led to difference regarding description of the years in which some events took place, such as the Muharram-occurring battle of Karbala , which Shias say took place in 60 AH ...

  7. Hijri year - Wikipedia

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    The Hijri era is calculated according to the Islamic lunar calendar, whose epoch (first year) is the year of Muhammad's Hijrah, and begins on the first day of the month of Muharram (equivalent to the Julian calendar date of July 16, 622 CE). [2] [b] The date of the Hijrah itself did not form the Islamic New Year.

  8. Public holidays in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    1st Muharram: Islamic New Year: Tahun Baru Islam 1st day of the Muharram, the beginning of the New Islamic Year; National public holiday between 1953 and 1962 and reinforced since 1968. 12th Rabi' al-awwal: Mawlid / The Prophet's Birthday: Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW Birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (Date varies according to the Islamic ...

  9. Hosseini infancy conference - Wikipedia

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    The Hosseini infancy conference (Persian: همایش شیرخوارگان حسینی hamâyeš-e širxwargan-e Hōsēynī) is a mourning custom of the Day of Ashura.It is held on the first Friday of Muharram in the Islamic calendar to commemorate the memory of Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn, the six-month-old baby boy of Husayn ibn Ali and Umm Rubab, [1] [2] who was the youngest person killed in the ...