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Other days of the Islamic calendar

Other days of the Islamic calendar · World Questions

Beyond Ramadan and the two Eids, the Islamic calendar carries several more days: the New Year on 1 Muharram, Ashura on 10 Muharram, the Prophet's birthday, and Isra Mi'raj.

Where you live, how are days like the Islamic New Year or the Prophet's birthday typically treated?

Which country puts all five Islamic-calendar days — Isra Mi'raj, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, the Islamic New Year and the Prophet's birthday — on its national holiday list, all announced yearly in a single joint decree of three ministers?

In one place, neither the Islamic New Year nor Mawlid appears on any official calendar; the range of Islamic holidays it recognizes turns out to match Ningxia's exactly — the two Eids, nothing more — but the mechanism isn't national legislation, it's the public school calendar of its largest city. Where is this?

In the place where you live or work, how far do Islamic calendar holidays get formally recognized?

In which of these places does the gazetted holiday called "Muharram" actually mark the tenth day, Ashura, rather than the first day of the month?

Where you live, how are Islamic-calendar days like the New Year, the Prophet's birthday or Ashura treated (not Ramadan itself or the two Eids)?

Beyond the two Eids, which of these Islamic calendar days do you think most deserves wider recognition as an official holiday?

Isra Mi'raj, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, the Islamic New Year and the Prophet's birthday — all five are announced as holidays each year in the same joint decree of three ministers. Which country does this?

Beyond Ramadan and the two Eids, the Islamic calendar also marks the New Year, the Prophet's birthday, Ashura, and Isra Mi'raj. Where you live, do any of these show up on an official or school calendar you actually see?

Which of these places lists Isra Mi'raj, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, the Islamic New Year, and the Prophet's birthday — all five — as national holidays, announced every year in the same joint decree of three ministers?

Beyond Ramadan and the two Eids, the Islamic calendar has days like the Prophet's birthday and the Islamic New Year. How are these treated where you live?

In which country's official holiday list does a holiday called "Muharram" actually mark the tenth day of the month, Ashura, rather than the first-day New Year?