The Islamic new year, known as Al-Hijra, begins on Friday and marks the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the Muslim lunar calendar. The lunar calendar, or Hijri, has been used for more ...

Al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, is the first day of the month of Muharram. It marks the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE when the Prophet Muhammad moved from Mecca to Medina, and set up the first ...

Al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, is the first day of the month of Muharram. It marks the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE when the Prophet Muhammad moved from Mecca to Medina, and set up the first ...

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Al-Hijra, the Muslim new year, will start on Friday, July 29, at sunset. Similar to Eid al-Adha, it's a significant date in the Islamic lunar calendar and is a public holiday in Muslim countries ...

Yet one of the most recently celebrated forms of hijra inclusion in South Asian nation states still relies on the horror that hijras inspire in society at large. In India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, ...

AHMEDABAD, India (RNS) Tucked away in the Gomtipur ghetto sits the dusty pink home of Shobha, Shilpa and Joya, members of Ahmedabad’s small hijra community. Hijras, India’s “third gender ...

Al-Hijra is the Muslim new year. Find this year's date in the multifaith calendar Al-Hijra, the Islamic New Year, is the first day of the month of Muharram. It marks the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 ...