History In 622 AD, the Islamic new year or the Hijri calendar started when Prophet Mohammad and his companions were forced to leave Mecca and migrate to Medina.

The Islamic holy month Ramadan begins the evening of April 12 in the U.S. Here is what you need to know about the holy Islamic celebration.

Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and prayer for Muslims that lasts for 30 days, begins on April 12 in 2021. The ninth month of the Islamic calendar ends on May 11 this year. The Muslim calendar ...

The Islamic calendar uses 30-year cycles. In each cycle, 19 years are 354 days long and 11 years — years 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26 and 29 — have a day added at the end of the ...

Islamic New Year: The Hijri New Year will begin in the second week of August. It will mark the beginning of the Muslim lunar calendar.

Parmigiani Fleurier, a prestigious Swiss Haute Horlogerie brand, recently received the Innovation Prize from the Grand Prix D’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), for creating the first Hijri perpetual ...

Ramadan is a month in the Islamic calendar during which daily fasting takes place from early morning to sunset. And it moves around each year because Muslim dates follow the lunar cycle. That ...

Islamic New Year 2021: The Islamic New Year commences with Muharram, which is considered to be the second holiest month after Ramadan. This year it will fall on August 10.

The Islamic holy month Ramadan begins the evening of April 12 in the U.S. Here is what you need to know about the holy Islamic celebration.

The Islamic calendar differs from the widely used Gregorian calendar as Muslims follow the lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days, meaning that Muslims every year mark ...

The Islamic holy month Ramadan begins the evening of April 12 in the U.S. Here is what you need to know about the holy Islamic celebration. Ramadan is based on the lunar calendar, which consists ...