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*’islamic new year’ is on the first day of “muharram”, the first month in the “islamic calendar”*
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(arabic: مُحَرَّم muḥarram)
(it is 1 of the 4 “sacred months” of the ‘year’)
(since the “islamic calendar” is a “lunar calendar”, “muharram” moves from ‘year’ to ‘year’ when compared with the “gregorian calendar”)
(the word “muharram” means “forbidden”)
(“what a way to start a year!”)
(it is held to be the 2nd “holiest” month (following “ramadan”))
(some “muslims” fast during these days)
(the 10th day of ‘muharram’ is the ‘day of ashura’, which to ‘shia muslims’ is part of the “mourning of muharram”)
(“sunni muslims” fast during this day, because it is recorded in the hadith that “musa” (aka “moses”) (ha! sillier than i thought!) and his people obtained a victory over the “egyptian pharaoh” on the 10th day of ‘muharram’; accordingly ‘muhammad’ asked ‘muslims’ to fast on this day that is ‘ashura’ and on a day before that is 9th (called “tasu’a“))
(“it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas…”)
(“…and i smell a rat…”)
(the muslim equivalent of the jewish “book of exodus”)
(no wonder they want the same plot of land!)
(it’s more of an issue of “pride” for the victorious “religion”)
(“shia muslims” during “muharram” do different things and with different ‘intentions’)
(not only ‘shia’ people, ‘sunni’ sects of “muslims” (especially the lover of “ahl al-bayt” and “sufi” people) do the “mourning” on “imam hussein”)
(they observe and respect “muharram” as the month that martyred “hussein ibn ali”, the grandson of “muhammad” and son of “ali”, in the “battle of karbala”)
(they mourn for “hussein ibn ali” and refrain from all “joyous events”)
(what a dumb fucking idea!)
(knowing how transient life usualy is)
(and how rarely most humans experience “joy”)
(but what is “joy”?)
(unlike “sunni muslims”, ‘shias’ do not fast on the “10th day of “muharram'”)
(in addition there is an important “ziyarat” book, the ziyarat ashura about “hussein ibn ali”)
(in the “shia” sect it is popular to read this ‘ziyarat’ on the “day of ashura”, although most of the ‘shias’ try to read ‘ziyarat ashura’ every day and they send salutations to “hussein ibn ali”)
(the “sufi” sect and followers of “ahl al-bayt” of “sunni muslim” from “india”, “bangladesh”, and from various parts of the world reads the ‘noha’, ‘marsiya’ and deliver lecture on imam hussein’s life and his ‘scarification’ for ‘islam’)
(‘muharram’ of ‘sunni’ peoples of ‘bengal’ – especially the ‘sufi’ and ‘ahl al-bayt’ lovers are very well-known)
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(these ”sunni’ sects do the mourning of ‘imam hussain’ and his ‘ahl al-bayt’ from the first day of ‘muharram’ ‘ til ’40 days’ after “ashura”)
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“DHU AL-HIJJAH” (#12)*
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*“SAFAR” (#2)* ☞ 👉👉👉
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👈👈👈☜*12 ‘MONTHS’ OF THE ‘ISLAMIC CALENDAR’* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥