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IMPORTANT DATES FOR MUSLIMS
2007 -2011 Calendar of Islamic Faith's Holidays
Detailed List of Important Events for this YEAR
Whats Islam? | Important Islamic Dates
Please copy & distribute this list of Islamic dates for all public and private schools, hospitals, colleges, universities, corporate and private employers, civil service, law enforcement and government health and resource centers.
Please Note: Dates are subject to local sightings of the new moon.
Recognizing these holy days not only brings awareness of the diversity within the student population, but also instills pride in Muslim students who celebrate them. Muslim students may be embarrassed or shy to acknowledge these practices or holy days, which are not yet a part of the greater culture. A major benefit of living in such an open and multi-cultural region as America is that people of all backgrounds and cultures can share and enjoy each other's similarities as well as differences. We hope this information will be useful.
*After Hijrah. (Hijrah means "migration" in Arabic. This refers to the migration the Prophet Muhammad made from Mecca to Medina in the year 610 C.E., which marks the beginning of the Islamic Calendar.)
Please Note: Dates are subject to local sightings of the new moon.
About the Islamic Calendar:
The Islamic calendar (or Hijri calendar) is a purely lunar calendar. It contains 12 months that are based on the motion of the moon, and because 12 synodic months are only 12 x 29.53= 354.36 days, the Islamic calendar is consistently shorter than a tropical year, and therefore it shifts approximately 10-12 days every year with respect to the Gregorian calendar.
January 20, 2007
Islamic New Year (1428 A.H.*)
Marks the beginning of a New Year in the Islamic calendar. There are an estimated 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, making Muslims one of the world's largest religious group in the United States. There are an estimated 6-8 million Muslims in America, making Muslims the second largest religious group in the United States. While the majority of American Muslims were born in this country, they are from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds: African-American, South Asian, Arab, African, Persian, and the remaining are European, Southeast Asian and Turkish.
Upcoming Dates:
2007 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT ISLAMIC DATES
Hajj: December 18 - December 21, 2007
Eid ul-Adha: December 20, 2007
2008 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT ISLAMIC DATES
Islamic New Year: January 9, 2008 (1429 A.H.)
Aashura: January 18, 2008
Ramadan: September 1 - September 29, 2008
Eid ul-Fitr: September 30, 2008
Hajj: December 6 - December 9, 2008
Eid ul-Adha: December 8, 2008
Islamic New Year: December 29, 2008 (1430 A.H.)
2009 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT ISLAMIC DATES
Aashura: January 7, 2009
Ramadan: August 21 - September 19, 2009
Eid ul-Fitr: September 20, 2009
Hajj: November 25 - November 28, 2009
Eid ul-Adha: November 27, 2009
Islamic New Year: December 18, 2009 (1431 A.H.)
2010 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT ISLAMIC DATES
Aashura: December 27, 2009
Ramadan: August 11 - September 8, 2010
Eid ul-Fitr: September 9, 2010
Hajj: November 14 - November 17, 2010
Eid ul-Adha: November 16, 2010
Islamic New Year: December 7, 2010 (1432 A.H.)
2011 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT ISLAMIC DATES
Aashura: December 16, 2010
Ramadan: August 1 - August 29, 2011
Eid ul-Fitr: August 30, 2011
Hajj: November 4 - November 7, 2011
Eid ul-Adha: November 6, 2011
Islamic New Year: November 26, 2011 (1433 A.H.)
NOTE: There are other days and dates celebrated by some Muslims in various cultures, but are not agreed upon by all Muslims. Check with your local Islamic leader for local information.
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