YONKERS, NY — May 27, 2017 — Ramadan (also known as Ramadhan or Ramzan) is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a period of prayer, fasting, charity-giving and self-accountability for Muslims in the United States. The first verses of the Koran (Qu’ran) were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (also written as Mohammad or Muhammed) during the last …
Happy Islamic New Year – 1433 A.H.
The Islamic New Year (رأس السنة الهجرية Ras as-Sanah al-Hijriyah) is the day that marks the beginning of a new Islamic calendar year. Today is that day, Saturday, November 26, 2011. It is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in …