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Day of Silence is an annual day of action organized by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning ( LGBTQ) students. In the United States, students take a day-long vow of silence to symbolically represent ...
Rosh HaShanah ( Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, Rōʾš hašŠānā, literally "head of the year") is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah ( יוֹם תְּרוּעָה , Yōm Tərūʿā, lit. "day of shouting/blasting"). It is the first of the High Holy Days ( יָמִים נוֹרָאִים ...
Chup Tazia (Urdu: چُپ تَعِزْیَہ) or silent tazia is the name given to religious processions held mostly on 8th of Rabi' al-awwal by Twelver Shia Muslims in India and Pakistan to commemorate the death of Imam Hasan al-Askari, the eleventh of the Twelver Shi'a Imams.
The Holy Qur'án (The treasure of faith) Kanzul Iman (Urdu), Rendered into English, Professor Shah Faridul Haque. [2] [3] Other translation was completed by Professor Hanif Akhtar Fatmi. [4] Aqib Farid Qadri recently published a third translation. In Dutch. De Heilige Qoraan, Rendered into Dutch by Goelam Rasoel Alladien [5] In Turkish
The Day of Arafah ( Arabic: يوم عرفة, romanized : Yawm 'Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. [ 4] It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha. [ 5] At dawn of this day, Muslim pilgrims will make their way from Mina to a ...
1949 – Music for the "Qaumī Tarānah" is composed by the Pakistani musical composer, Ahmad G. Chagla (running time: 80 seconds). 1950 – anthem, without lyrics, was performed for the first time for a foreign head of state on the state visit of the Shah of Iran to Pakistan in Karachi on 1 March 1950 by a Pakistan Navy band.
Ashura is an Aramaic word meaning 'tenth'. [2] It may have also been derived from the Syriac words asiroya or asora. [3] It shares the same root as the Hebrew word 'āsōr. [4] In Arabic, Ashura refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, a month in which fighting has been forbidden since before the advent of ...
2024 date. 11 March. 2025 date. 29 March. Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence" that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2024, it falls on March 11). Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese. The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as ...