The Islamic New Year, also known as Hijri New Year, marks the beginning of a new year in the Islamic calendar. Unlike the Gregorian calendar, which follows the solar cycle, the Islamic calendar is ...

the first day of this holy month is known as the Islamic New Year, Al Hijri or Arabic New Year but apart from the New Year celebrations, the month of Muharram holds great historical significance ...

Instead, many Shiites as well as people of other faiths in Iran and nearby areas influenced by Persian culture welcome the new year on Nowruz, the spring equinox. Nowruz actually is pre-Islamic in ...

Police said the 26-year-old North Bellmore resident was arrested Sunday afternoon during a protest in front of Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, an orthodox synagogue near the New York City borough ...

So, for example, if the resolution was in place this year then we could have had the Friday or Monday off of work for the Islamic New Year since it fell on the weekend. Laws concerning labour ...

President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif have felicitated Muslims on beginning of the new Islamic year 1444, and prayed that the new Hijri year may bring blessings for ...

U.S. officials have charged a Canadian resident with plotting to travel to New York to try to carry out a mass shooting ...

Three years into its rule, the movement has codified its harsh Islamic decrees into law that now includes a ban on women’s ...

In 622 the Prophet Muhammad departed from Mecca for Medina, and that year marks the beginning of ... In other cities across the new Islamic world, Muslim patrons hired these men.

A Pakistani man accused of plotting to attack a New York City Jewish center in support of Islamic State will contest his ...

A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada faces a federal charge for a plan to attack a New York City Jewish center on or around ...

In recent years, many new Islamic financial products have been developed and are ... and their share of net asset value as a percentage of total funds more than doubled over this 10-year period (see ...