Isr’a and Mi’raj
The Isra and Mi'raj (Arabic: الإسراء والمعراج, al-’Isrā’wal-Mi‘rāj) are the two parts of a Night Journey that, according to Islam, the Islamic prophet Muhammad took during a single night around the year 621. Within Islam […]
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Ramadan begins at sundown
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Purim begins at sundown
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Laylat al-Qadr begins at sundown
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Eid al-Fitr begins at sundown
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