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Wahhabi clerics consider the celebration of the Muhammad's birthday inconsistent with Islam. Most Sunnis and Shias disagree. [5] The idea originated with the government of the Islamic republic of Iran. [6] Every year, the Islamic republic of Iran holds an international conference of Shia and Sunni scholars and other Muslim participants.
One of three dates used by Shia Muslims for Laylat al-Qadr: See notes for 23 Ramadan 20 Ramadan: May 13, 2020 Conquest of Mecca: Shia day of remembrance 21 Ramadan: May 14, 2020 Martyrdom of Imam Ali, also one of the dates used by Sunnis for Laylat al-Qadr, see 27 Ramadan entry. Public holiday in Iran, Azadari in Lucknow, see entry for 23 Ramadan.
According to The World Factbook of the CIA, between 90-95% of Iran's Muslim are Shia, and another 5-10% are Sunni, [72] the American Iranian Council, citing the Islamic Republic estimates, gives the Sunni percentage at between 7% and 10%. [73]
Sunni Muslims are the second-largest religious group in Iran. [47] Specifically, Sunni Muslims came to power in Iran after the period when Sunni were distinguished from Shi'a by the Ghaznavids who ruled Iran from 975 to 1186 AD, followed by the rule of the Great Seljuq Empire and the Khwarazm-Shah dynasty which ruled Iran until the Mongol ...
Mawlid is celebrated in almost all Islamic countries, and in other countries that have a significant Muslim population, such as Ethiopia, India, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Iraq, Iran, Maldives, Morocco, Jordan, Libya, Russia [87] and Canada. [88] Hari Maulaud Nabi is a public holiday in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. [89]
Iran is unique in the Muslim world because its population is overwhelmingly more Shia than Sunni (Shia constitute 95% of the population) and because its constitution is theocratic republic based on rule by a Shia jurist. The founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, supported good Sunni–Shia relations.
'decade of dawn') [1] [2] is a ten-day celebration of Ruhollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The annual celebration is held between 1 and 11 February. [ 4 ] Its beginning coincides with the date of Khomeini's arrival and ending with the Iranian Revolution ; a day called the Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution , Islamic ...
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...