December 7, 2010; Al-Hijra is the Islamic New Year, celebrated on the first day of the month of Muharram, the month in which Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina. The holiday is also called simply Muharram.
New Year's Day is used to remind Muslims of the Hiraj or migration, of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. The Islamic year consists of twelve lunar months as Muharram; Safar; Rabi'ul Awwal; Rabi'uth Thani; Jumada al-Awwal; Jumada ath-Thani; Rajab; Sha'ban; Ramadhan; Shawwal; Thul Qi'dah; and Thul Hijjah.
Since the Islamic year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the Gregorian year, the Islamic New Year does not come on the same day of the Gregorian calendar every year.
The way the Muslims celebrate New Year's Day is very different from other such celebrations. They gather in mosques and offer special prayers and listen to special readings from the Koran. An important part of the prayer service is the narration of the Hegira or the flight of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. Muslims are supposed to reflect on their life, the manner in which they are leading their life and about their own mortality. The day is spent in prayer and on reflecting on how one is leading one's life. The New Year is known as Maal Hijra among the Muslims. Recently a number of Muslims have started sending greeting cards to each other on their New Year's Day.
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