| Winter holiday (beginning) - Friday July 3, 2020 School holidays :
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| Winter holiday (end) - Monday July 20, 2020 School holidays :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday July 31, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : The second main celebration of Islam. It celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia. Paid holiday when falling on Friday or Saturday
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| El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday August 20, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : The event where Muhammad fled Mecca with a small group of followers to go to Medina (Yathrib) in the year 622 A.D., under mounting hostility towards Muhammad. Muslim calendar starts from this date (A.H.), which was established in `Umar's reign. Medina is about 200 miles north of Mecca. Muhammad arrived there on 20th Sep 622 A.D. The name of the city was changed to Medinatu'l-Nabi (city of the Prophet).
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| Spring holiday (beginning) - Friday September 25, 2020 School holidays :
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| Spring holiday (end) - Monday October 12, 2020 School holidays :
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| Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday October 29, 2020 Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet. Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.
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