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  2. Mawlid - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Mawlid (Arabic: مولد) is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. A day central to the traditions of Sunni Islam, the Mawlid is also celebrated by Shia Muslims. The history of this celebration does not go back to the ...

  3. Mawlid in Algeria - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In Algeria, Mawlid has been traditionally a day of celebration and joy and is celebrated on the twelfth day of Rabiʽ al-Awwal across the Muslim world. [1] Algerian people, however, embrace this day with cheerful remembrance of those who have died, and it is a custom to pay visit to cemetery in order to pray for the departed ones.

  4. Muhammad in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad. In Islam, Muḥammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد) is venerated as the Seal of the Prophets and earthly manifestation of primordial divine light (Nūr), who transmitted the eternal word of God (Qur'ān) from the angel Gabriel (Jabrāʾīl) to humans and jinn. [2] Muslims believe that the Quran, the central religious text of Islam, was ...

  5. Libyan Sufis celebrate Prophet's birthday despite ... - AOL

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    Participants dressed in traditional robes said it was the biggest turnout for the celebration of Mawlid in the Libyan capital for several years, after poor security and pressure from hardliners ...

  6. Islamic clothing - Wikipedia

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    Islamic clothing is clothing that is interpreted as being in accordance with the teachings of Islam. Muslims wear a wide variety of clothing, which is influenced not only by religious considerations, but also by practical, cultural, social, and political factors. [1][2] In modern times, some Muslims have adopted clothing based on Western ...

  7. Possessions of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    In one of the narrations from Ahmad, he said that it is allowed to wear silk during war. Accessory items included: Al-'Uqab (Arabic: العقاب): a black banner or flag. According to hadith of Abu Dawud's "Sunan" from one of the Companions who said: "I saw the Prophet’s banner, it was yellow." [5] White banners that were sometimes mixed ...

  8. Islamic New Year - Wikipedia

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    Islamic culture. The Islamic New Year (Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية, Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah), also called the Hijri New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observed by most Muslims on the first day of the ...

  9. Nabi Musa - Wikipedia

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    Name meaning. "Prophet Moses". Nabi Musa (Arabic: ٱلنَّبِي مُوْسَى, romanized: An-Nabī Mūsā, lit. 'the Prophet Moses', [3] also transliterated as Nebi Musa) is primarily a Muslim holy site near Jericho in Palestine, where a local Muslim tradition places the tomb of Moses (called Musa in Islam).