Muharram marks the beginning of the Islamic New Year. However, the date of Muharram varies each year in the Gregorian calendar because the Islamic calendar is based on the lunar cycle. The exact ...

known as Hijri New Year, marks the beginning of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is celebrated on the first day of Muharram. This important date celebrates the Hijra, the migration of the Prophet ...

In their separate messages at the advent of Muharram-ul-Haram, the first month of the Hijri year, they said the new Islamic year is a reminder that one should leave behind the ill feelings of the past ...