Besides Christmas, there are no public religious holidays, but there has been a push in recent years for public school systems to recognize Muslim holidays as they would with Catholic or Jewish holidays 8 Islamic Holidays Dates 21, 22 and 23 Ra's asSanah Tuesday, August 10th 21; Dec 26 (AH 1452) Feb 5 (AH 1451) April 14 (AH 1451) NOTE All holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date given 1 Islamic New Year (Muharram is the first month of the Hijra calendar) 2 Muhammad's Birthday Dates for Shia Muslims are five days later than the Sunni date given here According to the Islamic Calendar the Hajira happens every year and is regarded as the first year of the calendar, therefore it is also named 'Hijra' Constructed of 12 months and 364 or 365 days in a year, the Islamic Calendar 17 is established entirely on the basis of the display of moon and is associated with 1437 H in 17
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