This important date celebrates the Hijra, the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. It was a historical step in establishing the first Muslim community.

This event, known as the hijra in Arabic—rendered in English as “Hegira” and in French as "Hégire"—marks the beginning of the Islamic era. When he died ten years later, his sect had ...

Islamic festivals and holidays are based on the Islamic Hijra calendar which is a lunar calendar. Therefore Muslim festivals and celebrations begin with the sighting of the moon. When is Ramadan in ...

For Muslims, the clock of history was reset when, in 622 in the Christian calendar, Muhammad and his followers moved from Mecca to Medina. That event, the Hijra, became for Islam Year 1 of an ...

From being empowered by Lord Rama to bestow blessings on all ceremonious occasions to being criminalised under British colonial laws to claiming an akhara in Kumbh Mela, kinnars have carved a distinct ...