It is used to date events in many Muslim countries ( concurrently with the Gregorian calendar ), and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper days on which to observe the annual fast ( see Ramadan ), to attend Hajj, and to celebrate other Islamic holidays and festivals.

* Muslim holidays

Due to security concerns, Israel restricts access of Palestinian residents of the West Bank to Jerusalem on Muslim holidays only with an age restriction on West Bank Palestinian men over 35 being elligble for a permit.

Non-Muslims are prohibited from entering after 2: 30 pm and may not enter on Fridays, Saturdays, or Muslim holidays.

Although Eid ul-Fitr is not a public holidays in Burma, most employers have an understanding of the festival and are usually willing to accommodate days off for Muslim staff.

The GNU observes both Muslim and Christian holidays, including Eid al-Adha, the Islamic New Year, the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad, Coptic Easter, Israa Wal Mi ' Raaj, Eid ul-Fitr and Christmas.

The Government observes Muslim holidays as national holidays.

Several religious holidays are recognized as official holidays, including Hari Raya Puasa ( Muslim ), Hari Raya Haji ( Muslim ), the Prophet's birthday ( Muslim ), Wesak Day ( Buddhist ), Deepavali ( Hindu ), Thaipusam ( Hindu ), Christmas ( Christian ), and, in Sabah and Sarawak, Good Friday ( Christian ).

Muslim religious holidays such as Eid el-Adha, Eid el-Fitr or Mouled are considered national holidays.

The major holidays celebrated in Sylhet include traditional and religious celebrations, Muslim festivals of Ramadan and then after, Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha.

** Eid in the names of Muslim holidays ( Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, etc.

For example, some school children and employees take days off for Jewish holidays, Muslim holidays, or Eastern Orthodox observances according to the Julian calendar.

Muslim holidays are highly prominent in Malaysia.

Tulkarm shares many of its cultural features with neighboring Haifa, Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilia, and JaffaA Tulkarm amusement park called Mega Land attracts tens of thousands of visitors on Muslim holidays.

Some Muslim countries nationally observe Hindu, Christian and Buddhist holidays, e. g. Durga Puja, Maghi Purnima, Buddha Purnima, Ashari Purnima, Christmas etc.

Lebanon celebrates national and both Christian and Muslim holidays.

Muslim holidays are followed based on the Islamic lunar calendar.

Bilateral relations are excellent between the two predominantly moderate Muslim nations.

Following a protracted legal process culminating in a court ruling favorable to the Bahá ' ís, the interior minister of Egypt released a decree on April 14, 2009, amending the law to allow Egyptians who are not Muslim, Christian, or Jewish to obtain identification documents that list dash in place of one of the three recognized religions.

Criticism of Christianity continues to date, e. g. Jewish and Muslim theologians criticize the doctrine of the Trinity held by most Christians, stating that this doctrine in effect assumes that there are three Gods, running against the basic tenet of monotheism.

Due to the large Muslim population in western China, many Chinese restaurants cater to, or are run by, Muslims.

While some are dark skinned and insist on their own customs, others are of the same color and are Christians or Muslim like the communities they live in.

Unforeseeable, overwhelming, or seemingly unjust events are often thrown on ' the will of the Divine ', in deferences like the Muslim inshallah (' as God wills it ') and Christian ' God works in mysterious ways '.

Muslim men could generally marry dhimmi women who are considered " People of the Book ," however Islamic jurists rejected the possibility any non-Muslim man might marry a Muslim woman.

Also forbidden are political parties supporting militia formations or having an agenda that is contradictory to the constitution and its principles, or threatening the country's stability such as national unity between Muslim Egyptians and Christian Egyptians.

The Muslim Brotherhood and the National Democratic Party are considered the best organized political groups in Egypt.

The Jeberti, some of whom do not consider themselves to be " Tigray-Tigrinya " are Muslim and account for about 5 % of the Tigrinya people there.

They are a predominantly Muslim nomadic people who inhabit the northern, western, and coastal lowlands of Eritrea, where they constitute 30 % of local residents.

They are predominately Muslim and are the only ethnic group in Eritrea to have Arabic as their communal language.

They speak the Afar language as a mother tongue, and are predominately Muslim.

They are predominately Muslim, although a few Christians known as the Irob live in the Debub Region of Eritrea and the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Muslim adherents are mainly rural and have interbred with the adjacent Tigre.

Group members are predominately Muslim and communicate in Hedareb as a first language.

They are generally Muslim, with a few Christians and some practising their indigenous beliefs.

Therefore, two main views on Ezekiel are popular in Muslim theology:

Muslim exegesis further lists Ezekiel's father as Buzi ( Budhi ) and Ezekiel is given the title ibn al-adjus, denoting " son of the old ", as his parents are supposed to have been very old when he was born.

Blas Infante, in his book Orígenes de lo flamenco y secreto del cante jondo, suggested that the word may derive from Andalusian Arabic fellah mengu, " Escapee Peasant ", referring to the formerly Muslim Andalusians ( Moriscos ), who stayed in Spain and, according to certain modern authors, are supposed to have mixed with the Romani newcomers.

50 % are Muslims — this makes Guinea-Bissau the only Portuguese-speaking nation with a Muslim majority and most Muslims are Sunnis ; 40 % are pagans, principally Fula and Mandinka.

* Al-Ghazali ( a. k. a. Algazel ), celebrated Muslim scholar

On the 24 July, in this Cordovan military campaign, Pamplona's houses and buildings were destroyed and its celebrated church pulled down by the Muslim army, who found the position deserted and forsaken.

In the predominantly Sunni Muslim culture of Afghanistan, Eid ul-Fitr holds significant importance and is celebrated widely for three days.

In the People's Republic of China, out of 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated by at least 10 ethnic groups that are predominantly Muslim.

The day of Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated in Fiji with Muslim men attending the mosque for Eid prayer.

the completion of the first stage of restoration work on the Haram's mosques was celebrated with great pomp, in the presence of representatives from the Muslim countries which had financed the project, the Mandatory authorities, and Abdullah, Emir of Transjordan.

During this period Merv, like Samarkand and Bukhara, was one of the great cities of Muslim scholarship ; the celebrated historian Yaqut studied in its libraries.

Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated to mark the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

Festivals are celebrated with equal enthusiasm and joy be it Hindu, Muslim or Christian as all faiths have blended very beautifully here in this lovely suburb.

" Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said, " We completely condemn this serious operation ... We were completely shocked ..." Many, though, considered those reactions as hypocrisy, since many Arab and Muslim states encourage anti-Americanism and many newspapers in the Arab world — for example the Islamist opposition press in Egypt -- openly celebrated the September 11 attacks.

Mohurrum, the Muslim festival is celebrated by both Hindu and Muslims showing the integration followed from olden days.

Muslim holy days celebrated include the Isra and Mi ' raj, Idul Fitr, Idul Adha, the Islamic New Year, and the Prophet's Birthday.

Sufi Muslim moulids not only venerate the prophet Muhammad and his descendants ( such as Hussein, the second son of the fourth Caliph Ali whose moulid in Cairo can draws crowds of more than a million people ), but founders of Sufi orders, down to dozens of lesser-known sheikhs celebrated mostly in remote rural communities.

Some historians believe that the Battle of Toulouse halted the Muslim conquest of Europe even more than the later — and more celebrated — Battle of Tours ( October 10, 732, between Tours and Poitiers ), but this is highly problematic: for even had the Arabs won at Toulouse, they still would have had to conquer the Franks to retain control of the region.

This celebration is a public holiday in all Muslim countries ( except Saudi Arabia ) and it is also celebrated in non-Muslim countries where Muslims have presence.

Mawlid is celebrated in most Muslim countries, and in other countries where Muslims have a presence, such as India, Britain, Russia and Canada.

Christian and Muslim holidays are both celebrated — any excuse for a fete day!

Given the importance to international politics at that time of such battles between Christian and Muslim nations, in celebration of the victory Pope Callixtus III elevated the Transfiguration to a Feast day to be celebrated in the entire Roman rite.

It was already celebrated for its gold lustrewares in the 14th century, and remained under Muslim rule until 1487, shortly before the fall of Granada, the last Moorish kingdom.

During the annual ten day Urs festival celebrated on the 13th day of Shawwal as per the Muslim calendar, millions of devotees visit his dargah.

Eid is also celebrated by the Muslim population.

' Abd al-Hakim Murad said of Fath al-Bari in the introduction to the translation of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's commentary on selected hadith ( published as a booklet by the Muslim Academic Trust ): " The importance of this literature may be gauged by the fact that at least seventy full commentaries have been written on Imam al-Bukhari ’ s great Sahih ... the most celebrated of which is without question the magnificent Fath al-Bari ( Victory of the Creator ) by Imam Ibn Hajar al -‘ Asqalani, a work which was the crown both of its genre and of the Imam ’ s academic career.