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What are Muslim festivals?

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What are Muslim festivals?

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he Islamic calendar follows the lunar cycle and is 10 days shorter than the solar calendar. The fasting month, Ramadan, falls in the ninth month of the year in Islamic calendar. After Ramadan Muslims celebrate the festival called Eid-ul-Fitr. The second one is Eid-ul- Adha which is 2.5 month after Ramadan and follows the pilgrimage to Mecca. It relates to the story of Abraham when he was commanded to sacrifice his son Ismail. Download a pdf of this document here (2110k) Useful links: BBC web site – http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam Muslim Council of Southampton – http://www.mcs-online.org If you have a useful link to add here please send it to us links@southampton-faiths.