Hijri new year / Islamic New Year ( July )
ex93
The Hijri year (Arabic: سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar. It begins its count from the Islamic New Year in which Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib (now Medina). This event, known as the Hijrah, is commemorated in Islam for its role in the founding of the first Muslim community (ummah).
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Islamic new year stamp
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Moon/stars on stamp to celebrate the islamic new year
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Islamic New Year
kai.fi
The Islamic New Year (Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية), also called the Hijri New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observed by most Muslims on the first day of the month of Muharram. The epoch of the Islamic era was set as the year of the emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijrah, which equates to 622 CE in the Gregorian calendar. All religious duties, such as prayer, fasting in the month of Ramadan, and pilgrimage, and the dates of significant events, such as celebration of holy nights and festivals, are calculated according to the Islamic calendar.
Many countries associate itself with the star and crescent, which symbolizes the prevalence of Islam. It would be nice to see a stamp to celebrate the Muslim New Year!
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Nidiapraja
Since Slowly makes Gregorian New Year, Chinese New Year, Bengali New Year stamps, I thought it would be a good idea to make Hijri New Year stamps as well.
Adam Be
I second this, and for the stamp design I suggest something like this:
ex93
Adam Be: nice design
donpraj
Agree! Since Slowly has Lunar New Year and normal New Year. I think this is a great idea for adding this stamp.