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The Islamic calendar is based on the year prophet
Muhammad ( The Islamic calendar is lunar. Each month must begin with the evening when the new moon is sightable by the unaided naked eye. Muslims are obligated to sight the crescent in every country. Different countries may begin the year at different days based on their own sightings. The calendar is called Hijri calendar. The Arabic word Hijrah means emigration. In North America, major Muslim organizations are working together to produce an Islamic calendar using the scientific data. The calendar publishers are requested to include major Muslim holidays in their calendars. The Islamic MonthsThe names of the twelve Islamic months are as follows:
To learn more about the Islamic calendar, check out:
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and his fellow Muslims (known as Sahabah, the Companions) emigrated to
Madinah in the year 622 C.E. (Christian Era). The emigration took
place after thirteen years of persecutions by the disbelievers of
Makkah. By the command of God, the Prophet left the city with his
companion Abu Bakr Siddique (R.A.) and escaped a death threat by the
disbelievers. The event marks the beginning of a second phase of the
Islamic movement. It is the phase when Madinah became the center of an
Islamic state.