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Muharram 2014: Muslim New Year Begins with Prayers for Peace, Non-Violence

Muharram 2014: Muslim New Year Begins with Prayers for Peace, Non-Violence

By Gopi Chandra Kharel October 24, 2014 16:05 IST

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The Islamic New year, otherwise called Muharram, starts on Friday and it is a period for Muslims to think about the previous year and recollect the starting point and enormity of their confidence.

The Islamic New year, also called Muharram, starts on Friday and it is a period of grieving and peace for Muslims.reuters

Muharram is the first month in the Islamic year and a period of grieving and peace. It is taboo for Muslims to battle amid not long from now, however the peace-looking for social recognition of Islam has been cloudy by the dim billows of calm reflections on the viciousness of fanatic terrorist gatherings, for example, ISIS, which keeps on maing features for their terrible and brutal exercises, all for the sake of religion.

Thought to be a standout amongst the most paramount months in Islam, various notable occasions have happened amid in the not so distant future. Yet researchers are of the view that the most paramount part of the month is the way that it is a reflection on peacefulness.

"The Muslim New Year is truly celebrated as a social occasion, not an especially religious one," Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, chief of effort at the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia, told Washington Times

"For Arabs, preceding the approach of the Prophet Muhammad, they had considered this a month of peacefulness. All the tribes, autonomous of religion, knew in the not so distant future was focused on peacefulness."

As indicated by the Islamic Calendar, the day additionally commends the start of 'hijra', the movement or the voyage of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his devotees from Mecca to Medina in June 622 CE.

"The city was built so individuals could be allowed to proactive their religion," Abdul-Malik further told the paper. "(At the time) this lunar datebook is huge for them in light of the fact that its the start of another period they perceived in that time."

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