| Independence Day - Saturday June 26, 2021 Secular holiday : Declared on May 18, 1991
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday July 21, 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.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (beginning) - Thursday July 22, 2021 School holidays :
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (end) - Tuesday July 27, 2021 School holidays :
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| El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) - Monday August 9, 2021 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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| Ashura - Thursday August 19, 2021 Muslim, Sufi : Husayn ibn Ali martyrdom day, killed in the year 680 in Kerbala (Iraq) fighting injustice.
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| Beginning of school year - Wednesday September 1, 2021 School holidays :
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