<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>DEI Please! Like all religions Islam has many important holidays. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar so it has 354 days in a year. Some months are 29 days and some have 30 days. <div>Fridays are considered important just as Saturdays and Sundays are special for Jews and Christians. </div><div>I would like to focus on two major holidays this time.  Both are called Eid and they signify important remembrances. </div><div>Eid al fitr is the celebration which comes after the month of Ramadan. you would ask, what is the month of Ramadan. It is the 9th month of the Islamic calendar. This month is for fasting. Muslims around the world fast from dawn till dusk. we are not to  eat or drink anything. We can eat and drink food and water during the night. Very early, before dawn we take food. At sunset we have Iftar the opening of the fast. </div><div><br></div><div>Nights are given to prayers. The last 10 days are very special. Among these 10 nights there is one known as the "Night of Destiny" Prayers during this night  are  better than thousand months or prayers. </div><div>After a month of fasting we celebrate by feasting and visiting with family and friends. The word Fitr means to share with the unfortunate.  Also it is suggested if a person is unable to fast for medical reasons or other situations, to feed the poor.  </div><div>The second Eidal Adhaha, is celebrated in the 12th month of the Islamic calendar. The month is known as Zilhaj. The Haj pilgrimage happens during this month. The  festival is on the 10th day which ends the pilgrimage. The ten days are holy days and specially the 9th day when people fast. The other feature is the sacrifice of a ram, goat, or a cow. The meat is distributed among friends and the poor. </div><div>Both festivals require fasting and so the feast is special. Muslims dress up in new clothes,  eat lots of sweets and visit with family and friends. There are prayer services in the mosques. After the prayers, friends as well as strangers greet each other by saying Eid Mubarak, (happy Eid.) </div><div>The following is the calendar for the current year. The Eid al fitr will be on May 1, or 2. The Eid al adhah will fall on July 9, or 10. </div><div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 45.6125px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;float:left;min-height:1px;width:391.9px;color:rgb(61,61,61);mix-blend-mode:unset"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:50% 50%/cover no-repeat transparent"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;list-style-position:initial;padding:0px 0px 1em 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:26px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;list-style-type:none"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;list-style:disc;padding:0px 0px 1em 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:26px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="https://www.icomd.org/wp-content/uploads/Muharram1443-Aug-Sep-2021.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background:linear-gradient(rgb(136,189,255) 0%,rgb(96,167,255) 100%);margin:8px 6px 8px 0px;padding:14px 24px;border:1px solid rgb(62,143,244);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:10px;color:rgb(43,99,168)" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">01. Muharram-1443-Aug.-Sept.-2021.</span></span></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="https://www.icomd.org/wp-content/uploads/Safar-1443-Sept-Oct.-2021.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background:linear-gradient(rgb(136,189,255) 0%,rgb(96,167,255) 100%);margin:8px 6px 8px 0px;padding:14px 24px;border:1px solid rgb(62,143,244);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:10px;color:rgb(43,99,168)" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">02. Safar 1443, Sept – Oct. 2021.</span></span></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="https://www.icomd.org/wp-content/uploads/Rabbi-ul-Awwal-1443-Oct.-Nov.-2021.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background:linear-gradient(rgb(136,189,255) 0%,rgb(96,167,255) 100%);margin:8px 6px 8px 0px;padding:14px 24px;border:1px solid rgb(62,143,244);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:10px;color:rgb(43,99,168)" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">03. Rabbi ul Awwal 1443, Oct. – Nov. 2021.</span></span></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="https://www.icomd.org/wp-content/uploads/Rabbi-At-Thaani-1443-Nov.-Dec.-2021.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background:linear-gradient(rgb(136,189,255) 0%,rgb(96,167,255) 100%);margin:8px 6px 8px 0px;padding:14px 24px;border:1px solid rgb(62,143,244);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:10px;color:rgb(43,99,168)" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">04. Rabbi At Thaani 1443 Nov.-Dec. 2021.</span></span></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="http://www.icomd.org/wp-content/uploads/Jumada-Oola-1-1443-Dec.-Jan.-2021-2022.pdf" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;background:linear-gradient(rgb(136,189,255) 0%,rgb(96,167,255) 100%);margin:8px 6px 8px 0px;padding:14px 24px;border:1px solid rgb(62,143,244);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:10px;color:rgb(43,99,168)" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">05. Jumada Oola 1443 Dec.-Jan. 2021-2022.</span></span></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><a href="http://www.icomd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d:linear-gradient(rgb(136,189,255) 0%,rgb(96,167,255) 100%);margin:8px 6px 8px 0px;padding:14px 24px;border:1px solid rgb(62,143,244);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:10px;color:rgb(43,99,168)" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">09. Ramdan 1443, April – May 2022.</span></span></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div>I hope you enjoyed reading about Islamic holidays. Next time I will write about the lesser known holidays from the Islamic calendar. </div><div><br></div></div>