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According to Beliefnet, on January 29 it was Chinese New Year, January 30 to February 1 is a Buddhist New Year celebration, and of course beginning the evening of January 30 is the start of Muharram, the Islamic New Year. So…

Muharram is a special month in the Islamic calendar. It is fourteen hundred and twenty-seven years since the Prophet, Allah ’s peace and blessings be upon him, and his family and companions, may Allah reward them, made the emigration to what is now known as Madinah. It was this year that was later chosen as the beginning of the Islamic calendar, as it marked an important turning point in the establishment of Islam.

Some Muslims observe extra fasting and prayers in this month. It is also a month in which we sadly remember that members of the Prophet’s holy family, may Allah bless and preserve them, were killed in a shameful civil war.

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