| Parliamentary election - Sunday June 6, 2021 Special Events :
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Thursday July 1, 2021 School holidays :
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| National Day - Wednesday July 14, 2021 Secular holiday : Celebrates the 1958 coup: the army killed King Feisal II as well as Prince Abdul Illah, seized Baghdad and proclaimed Iraq a republic.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Tabaski - Id-el-Kabir (may be changed to the nearest day) - Tuesday July 20, 2021 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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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday July 21, 2021 Muslim, Sufi :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Thursday July 22, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday July 23, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Also written Id al'Adha (or Eid Al-Adha) is the Feast of the Sacrifice , the second main celebration of Islam. It takes place on the tenth day of the twelfth -- last month of the Islamic calendar and celebrates Abraham's (also written Ibrahim) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. Muslims make their annual pilgrimage, or the Hajj , to Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia.
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| El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) - Monday August 9, 2021 Muslim, Sufi :
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| Ashura - Wednesday August 18, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) during his fight against injustice.
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| Parliament recess (end) - Monday September 6, 2021 Special Events :
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