HOLIDAY TERRORISM -

THE DREAM AND THE PROPHECY

compiled by Dee Finney

3-2-02 - 1:11 a.m. - DREAM - I was in bed - dreaming. In the dream, I was downtown on 12th St. in the inner city at an intersection. There were a lot of Arab men hanging out on the street. I overheard them whispering to each other that they were going to be meeting again on the streets when their holiday coincided with an American Holiday on a Sunday when people would be lining the streets to watch a parade.

On that Sunday, a few days later, I was watching from my upstairs window as lots of children lined the street to watch the parade.

I saw the parade coming. The Arab men were participating along with the American men and there was lots of joy because everything was peaceful and fun.

The Arab men were all carrying stuffed animals to throw to the children. The children were all crowded along the streets, eager to receive new toys.

All of a sudden, as the Arab men started throwing the toys to the children, they exploded into huge plumes of fire and black smoke.

Children were burning along the streets - clothes and faces blackened. The Arab men kept throwing the toys at closeby houses where windows were open where people were watching the parade. Some toys flew in my direction too. In my horror I started running towards the exploded burning toys, trying to grab flaming toys and clothing with my bare hands and throwing them back out the window and save our home.

I woke up screaming.

I jumped out of bed and ran screaming into the bedroom where my grown sons were sleeping.

Everyone jumped up to see what was wrong with me, and I cryingly told them my dream.

They scoffed at me and told me it was 'JUST A DREAM', but there was no way I could go back to sleep. It was too horrible to even speculate on.

So I got dressed for the day in a spring outfit of pink and black big checkers - a pleated skirt and suit jacket. It was going to be a beautiful spring day.

I planned to be out of town before 11 a.m. - before the parade started. I tried to convince some girlfriends to bring their children and go on a Sunday picnic. I said we could leave by 11 and come back between 3 and 5 p.m. to avoid heavy traffic. But nobody wanted to go with me and I didn't want to scare everyone by telling them my dream about the parade.

While I was thinking about how to get my friends out of town, I was up in the attic hanging laundry on the clothesline we had up there. The men in the house had already washed out their own shirts and there were red and black checkered long-sleeved shirts double-hung on the lines. They weren't quite dry - so while I waited for some extra space to hang the children's clothes up, I went over to where my youngest daughter was playing with her stuffed animals in a little wicker baby buggy.

I went over to her to see her toy animals. She had the buggy full of all kinds of stuffed bunny rabbits. Some of them felt a little damp from washing - it seemed. So I took them and lay them out in a row by the window to dry - while ominously thinking - "I'm preparing my own children's death by doing this.
"

I tried to get the dream out of my mind and go take a shower and when I did, someone started spraying me with water through a curtain hanging over the doorway to the next bedroom. I got really mad and went over and pulled the curtain aside.

There - on my son Ken's bed, which had a red and black plaid bedspread on it, sat a young woman with dark hair - dressed in black and white checkered clothes. She looked at me defiantly and asked who I was.

I said, "The mother of this house and who are you?"


She said, "I was told I could sleep here by the people downstairs.!" (She had come in via the balcony door/window)

I thought about it a moment and said, "Well, this is my son's room, but he and his brothers went out for the day, so I guess you can sleep here."

She sarcastically said, "Well, I saw them leaving the house and I wouldn't want anything to do with any of them."

I was too stunned to say anything. My sons were all handsome American men - heroes in my eyes.

I went back to my own bedroom and astonished to hear and see her in the hallway, starting a seductive dance to some strange sounding music to attract people to her.

I woke up feeling stunned.

Here is another dream about Holiday terrorism, also from 2002:

http://www.greatdreams.com/wacovst.htm

Here is the news from 2002:  http://www.greatdreams.com/terrsm.htm

Fox news service has this article posted: 

  1. The Truth Behind Al Qaeda's Holiday Terrorism Threat - FOX Fan ...

    Intelligence Briefing: The Truth Behind Al Qaeda's Holiday Terrorism Threat , Al Qaeda's plan is to disrupt the economy ... in their mind, ...
    www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310278,00.html


 

In 2009, on Christmas Day, a terrorist from Nigeria, flew all the way to Detroit, Michigan, going through two airports, one in Nigeria, and one in Amsterdam, and right before landing in Detroit, he triggered some kindof device that was strapped to his leg which burned him badly and threw up smoke into the airplane cabine, but something must have gone wrong with the device, because the plane and nobody else got hurt.

On Christmas Eve, the Pope was attacked while walking down the aisle of the church at the Vatican by a mentally ill woman.  She was tackled by a large man, and all three of them fell down in the aisle of the church.

 

Black and White indicates Intolerance, simplistic extremism - 'If something is not good it must be evil'

Black and Red
A reader responds:
Subj: HOLIDAY TERRORISM 
Date: 3/3/2002 
From: ciprian_11@hotmail.com
To: Dee777@aol.com
 

Hi Dee I read your page all through and wanted to try to help out to seek out the correct day your dream showed towards , since we now are past February the year again has begun its cycle of reaching one 66th day in each month , this month has 31 days in it which makes then  3+31 = 34 ( 100 -34 = 66)

Now considering that the people in your dream were Muslims I would believe we can follow their minds by their prayers , as the praying necklaces they use , one which is small with ( 11+11+11) = 33 marbels  and the other longer one with 33+33+33+1 = 100 . You might ask how this can relate to your dream ? Well this dream said many things I think especially it told you of destruction in a way you might find the day , and if the hijackers of the planes at 911 thought after the same way , then they didn't pick that day by chance but rather, by revelation from God , so that he might receive the Glory so to say , and 11 is the number of God in Islam and as we all noticed , many were inspired to seek out sealed truths because of it being that day .

Anyway while reading on your page I looked at the link http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayb.htm which you had placed in May , here it says about Counting of the Omer , i know of this subject to be very important even to me who am not a Jew, as it happend i when baptized into the Mormon church was lucky or meant to be in a strange way baptised exactly on the 7th of april / 14 Nissan last year , this is the day the counting of the Omer stars , so i learned it well , the Jews seek to reach the Kingdom of the Seventh Kingdom , by doing counting , or some at least who really believe , anyway while i saw on the page the section below, I thougt i could find the day in your dream with its help, it was the first time I read about this meaning actually :

"The 33rd day of the Omer (the eighteenth of Iyar) is a minor holiday commemorating a break in the plague. The holiday is known as Lag b'Omer. The mourning practices of the Omer period are lifted on that date. The word "Lag" is not really a word; it is the number 33 in Hebrew, as if you were to call the Fourth of July "Iv July" (IV being 4 in Roman numerals). "

Lag B'Omer will "http://www.jewfaq.org/defs/begin.htm"occur on the following days on the American calendar:

  • April 30, 2002 (Jewish Year 5762)
  • May 20, 2003 (Jewish Year 5763)
  • May 9, 2004 (Jewish Year 5764)
  • May 27, 2005 (Jewish Year 5765)
  • May 16, 2006 (Jewish Year 5766)

"I overheard them whispering to each other that they were going to be meeting again on the streets when their holiday coincided with an American Holiday on a Sunday "?

Well heres what I think , we can first and foremost forget 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 those are times meant for other things not terror , yet we do have this year in front of us which would most likely be the closest to your dream considering day to day events around the world as they are at the present .

Now Easter /Pesach begins in April and the counting ends in May , since I have looked on my paper which i had while i was counting the Omer last year i do see that its right that the 18th Iyar was on the 11th May last year , yet it was not the number 33 in row of the counting rather it was the 34th (it also says with small text only on this day , 34 begins at eve?), this is also interesting since the letters LAG both in Hebrew values and Greek = 30+1+3 = 34

So I'm not sure if the guys with the other site are wrong or what is the obstacle here , since 18th of Iyar is the 34th of 49 days in the Omer .

Also 18 means Life in Hebrew or Death , the last letter of their Alphabet "Sav" has both these meanings in it . Also April is the second month in this year which can make 66 go up into its days so to say .

Hence we return to 66+34 = 100  

again to return to the seeking of the actual day your dream refered to :

April 30, 2002 (Jewish Year 5762)

Note the Year 5+6 = 11 , 7+ 2 = 9 :) can be if one wants to

This April the 30th day is also the last , thus 30 + 4 = 34 then 4/30 = 66 but this is not close to any American Holiday and it is not a Sunday rather it is a Tuesday , the 28th is a Sunday ? I dont know what is celebrated on that day . but Passover is in the 4th month ?

 

3/28

17

06

- - Passover (Pesach) 15th day of Nissan

But one might also ponder upon what the dream meant by saying American Holiday since

American = 1+40+5+200+10+60+1+50= 367 (Note Americ = 316 + (An =51) what I have learned is that both the words Evil & Life have the common value of 51 just like my name Cipri = 360+An = 411 :)

Sorry I missed the point which was that before 367 comes 366 which is the combined value of the letters in the word " Seven " which again reminds me of the counting of the Omer .  Here are two pages that describe it well

http://www.jewishpath.org/hdgempesantpauperpeonprincehtml

http://www.jewishpath.org/hdshavuoslivingbeyond.html

Holiday = 823   ,   Sound = 824 ?

Perhaps this cutout from a tribulation chart might help also ?

Wish you blessed understanding :)

Ciprian Pater


Hi Dee i have tried below to give an explanation to what I told about , I also took all the days from the past year that I thought of before, but I hope the schedule below shows clearly how one can find all the days which represent " 66 " in the 10 months possible of each year .
 
Also April is the second month in this year 2002 which can make 66 go up into its days so to say . Since March is the first month which had enough days to account for , thus  3 / 31 = 66    ( 31+3 = 34 ) ( 100-34 = 66)
 
I was in Romania for my cousin's wedding which took place on the 8/26. The Norwegian Prince got married as well on this date , the morning after the wedding I realised something very funny at the time/ I have a strong feeling for the number 66, Perhaps therefore I realized that the 26+8=34 , I have tried to understand numbers for some time and I try to think both ways so that 100-34 =66 is a good known fact to me , so i thougt that 8/26 =66 , then i thougt that there must be a 66th day in each month. Below are all the dates from the year 2001 which I searched of for this peculiar timeframe , I have as yet not done this with the 2002 calendar , yet there is always the same rule every year and that is , that this rule of "66th" day equation only is possible in ten of the months, Always the first two months in the year January and February  have too few days to be able to make this outcome  100-34=66
 
2001, 
Jan / 1 only 31 days , 31+1=32
February / 2 only 28 days , 28 +2 = 30
March / 3 :sat 3 /31  =66
April / 4: Mon 4 /30 =66
May / 5 :Tue 5 /29 =66
June /6 Thu : 5 / 28  Halfmoon Fristquarter = 66
Juli / 7 :Fri  7/ 27    Halfmoon first quarter= 66  
Agust / 8 Sun:  8 /26  = 66
September / 9  :Tue 9 / 25  = 66
Oktober / 10 : Wen  10 /24   Un day / Halfmoon First quarter = 66
November / 11 : Fri 11/ 23 Halfmoon First quarter =66
December / 12 : Sat  12 / 22= 66
 
I may verify all these dates, and also see perhaps how it can be that so many halfmoons coincided with exactly these days ?
 
Bless you my friend :)
Ciprian
 

 

NOTE - DISCLAIMER - I was not able to identify a matching Sunday Holiday parade event in America with a matching Islamic Holiday.  The e-mail above might lead to the answer.

However, my first instinct was Easter because of the bunny rabbits. Hopefully the dream was just symbolic and not a prophecy for a real event.

Calendar for 2002 and 2003 is below.

NOTE FROM A READER:

From: northsun@XXX
To: Dee777@aol.com
 

Dee~Thanks for sharing the dreams,etc. Let's hope it is working a lot of stuff through the etheric or astral that doesn't have to manifest here..That is being done. The emotion can be removed from the mass mind for some things in this dreamstate..saving a lot of more pain. I avoid parades anyway..:)
((Hugs)) Jan
 

 



Jerusalem blast kills 9; dozens hurt
March 2, 2002 Posted: 5:37 PM EST (2237 GMT)

A car was engulfed in flames at the scene of the bombing.

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A Palestinian suicide bomber killed nine other people, including an 18-month-old girl, in central Jerusalem Saturday evening, according to Israeli police and emergency workers. At least 57 others were wounded.

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack. It identified the bomber as a 20-year-old Palestinian from the Deheishe refugee camp near Bethlehem.

The terror attack occurred in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood as people were returning to the streets at the end of the Jewish Sabbath. Police initially reported it was a car bombing because the bomb exploded near a car and set it ablaze.

Four of the wounded were in critical condition, hospital sources and ambulance services said.

The bombing took place in an alley near a major thoroughfare, next to a synagogue. The area has been the scene of similar attacks in the past year.

Palestinians have been outraged over an Israeli army operation that started Thursday in the West Bank refugee camps of Jenin and Balata, the first such actions in the past year and a half.

Israeli forces said their goal was to stop terrorists and dismantle terrorist infrastructure.

The Israeli army said Saturday it had pulled out of Jenin and positioned its troops on the outskirts of town. Palestinian security sources said Israeli tanks were at the entrance to the camp. (Full story)

According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, the fighting in Balata has left 25 Palestinians dead. Two Israeli soldiers have been killed.

Hamas said Saturday that Israeli forces shot and killed a member of the group's militant wing as he was planting explosives near the soldiers in northern Gaza late Friday.

The Israeli army said its forces shot two Palestinians and killed one of them after they approached the soldiers Friday night near Beit Hanoun.

The other Palestinian was wounded and taken from the area by a Palestinian ambulance. Hamas did not say if the wounded man also was a member of its militant wing. He was injured about 400 yards from the other man.

The violence comes on the heels of a Saudi Arabian peace proposal that has rekindled hope for a possible resumption of peace talks.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived Saturday in Washington, where he was expected to meet with President Bush about the proposal.

It calls for recognition of Israel and full normalization of ties with the Arab world in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territories, back to the borders in place before the 1967 Six-Day War.

"This has nothing to do with warfare, this has nothing to do with national liberation, this has to do with the murder of innocent Jews coming back from their evening prayers," said Dore Gold, an adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "The state of Israel knows how to defend the people of Israel, and will do so."
 



Holidays & Observances 2002 thru 2004


January Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003

1

1

1

Jan 1 2002
New Year's Day.
Jan 1 2003 New Year's Day. New Years Day 1st Day of January Roman Calendar

6

6

6

- - Epiphany 12 days after Christmas Christian
13 13 13 - - Stephen Foster Memorial Day Date of death 01/13/1864 .S. Code - DOB 07/04/1826

-

-

-

- - Inauguration Day 20th day   *every 4th year Amendment 20 - U.S. Constitution

21

20

19

- - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 3rd Mon in Jan DOB 01/15/1929

2/03

26

25

- - Super Bowl Sunday Last Sun in Jan (usually) U.S. NFL

28

18

2/07

- - Tu B'Shevat 15th day of Jewish month of Shevat Basic info


February Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2002
1 1 1 - - National Freedom Day Proposal signed 2/01/1865 13th amendment proposal, Lincoln
2 2 2 - - Groundhog Day 2nd day of Feb Europe/U.S.
2 2 2 - - Candlemas 2nd day of Feb Europe
12 1 1/22 - - Chinese New Year 2nd new moon after Winter Solstice Dates through 2009

12

12

12

- - Lincoln's Birthday DOB 02/12/1809 U.S. President

13

3/05

25

- Feb 13 Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice). Ash Wednesday 7th Wed preceding Easter First day of Lent/Christian
14 14 14 - - St. Valentine's Day 14th day of Feb -

18

17

16

- - President's Day 3rd Mon in Feb U.S.

22

22

22

- - Washington's Birthday DOB 02/22/1732 U.S. President
- - - Feb 23 Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice). - - - -


March Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003
- - - - Mar 6 Islamic New Year. - - -
- - - Mar 8 Revolution Day. Mar 8 Revolution Day. - - -
10 30 21     Mothering Sunday 4th Sunday of Lent England
- - - Mar 16 Islamic New Year. The Islamic year is based
on the lunar cycle, consisting
of twelve months of 29 or
30 days each, totaling 353
or 354 days. Each new month
begins at the sighting of a new
moon. Actual dates may differ
by a day or two from the dates.
In many places, the moon-
sighting is often determined in advance by astronomical
calculations
- - -
17 17 17 - - St. Patrick's Day 17th day of Mar. -

20

21

20

- - First Day of Spring  Earth's Seasons That Shifting 1st Day of Spring

-

-

-

Mar 21 Mothers Day. Mar 21 Mothers Day. - - -

24

-

-

- - Palm Sunday The Sunday before Easter -

2/26

18

07

- - Purim 14th day of Adar Persia/Jewish
28 - - - - Passover (Pesach) 15th day of Nissan Egypt/Jewish

29

-

-

- - Good Friday The Friday before Easter -

31

-

-

- - Easter - -



April Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003

1

1

1

- - All Fool's Day 1st day of April -

26

25

30

- - Arbor Day Last Fri in Apr -

7

6

4

- - Daylight Saving Time Begins First Sun in Apr Spring Forward (set clocks forward)
- - - Apr 17 Independence Day. Apr 17 Independence Day. - - -

22

22

22

- - Earth Day 22nd day of Apr -

3/31

20

11

- - Easter See  The Date of Easter -

1

21

12

- - Easter Monday Day after Easter Canada, U.K., Aus. & N.Z.

3/29

18

09

- - Good Friday Fri before Easter Christian

15

15

15

- - Income Tax Due 15th or following non-holiday weekday if 15th is Sat/Sun U.S. 16th Amendment

3/24

13

04

- - Palm Sunday Sunday before Easter Christian
- - - - Apr 27 Greek Orthodox Easter. - - -

3/28

17

06

- - Passover (Pesach) 15th day of Nissan Egypt/Jewish


May Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003

18

17

15

May 1 Labour Day. May 1 Labour Day. Armed Forces Day 3rd Sat in May -

1

1

1

- - Loyalty Day 1st Day of May Display U.S. Flag

1

1

1

- - May Day 1st day of May -
5 5 5 May 5 Greek Orthodox Easter. - Cinco de Mayo 5th day of May Mexico
- - - May 6 Martyrs' Day. May 6 Martyrs' Day. - - -
8 8 8 - - V-E Day 8th day of May Germany surrenders in Europe WWI 1945
- - - - May 15 Mouloud (Birth of the Prophet). - - -
9 29 20 - - Ascension Day (Thursday) 39 days after Easter Christian
- - - May 25 Mouloud (Birth of the Prophet). - - - -

27

26

31

- - Memorial Day Last Mon in May U.S. Code

12

11

9

- - Mother's Day 2nd Sun in May Display U.S. Flag

15

15

15

- - Peace Officers Memorial Day 15th day of May a.k.a. Police Memorial Day - Display U.S. Flag at halfstaff

17

6/06

26

- - Shavou'ot The Counting of the Omer Jewish

20

19

24

- - Victoria Day First Mon preceding May 25th Queen Victoria's Birthday (24th) / Canada


June Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004

6

6

6

D-Day 6th day of June Invasion of Normandy 1944

21

21

21

First Day of Summer See  Earth's Seasons Summer Solstice

16

15

20

Father's Day 3rd Sun in June Display U.S. Flag

14

14

14

Flag Day 14th Day of June Display U.S. Flag

30

29

27

Gay and Lesbian Pride Day Last Sunday in June International

19

19

19

Juneteenth 19th day of June U.S. Emancipation Proclamation 1863

9-15

8-14

13-19

National Flag Week Week of June 14th Display U.S. Flag

12

12

12

Philippines Independence Day 12th day of June -

24

24

24

St. Baptiste Day 24th day of June French-Canadian


July Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004

14

14

14

Bastille Day 14th day of July French Revolution 1789

1

1

1

Canada Day July 1st, unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is observed July 2nd Formerly Dominion Day

4

4

4

Independence Day 4th day of July U.S. Declaration of Independence 1776

28

27

25

Parent's Day 4th Sun in July U.S. Code

15

15

15

St. Swithin's Day 15th day of July -


August Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004

15

15

15

Assumption Day 15th day of Aug Christian

4

3

1

Friendship Day First Sun in Aug -

6

6

6

Hiroshima Day 6th day of Aug WWII A-Bomb used 1945

9

9

9

Nagasaki Bombed 9th day of Aug WWII A-Bomb used 1945

14

14

14

V-J Day 14th day of Aug U.S. Victory in Japan 1945


September Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004

17

17

17

Citizenship Day 17 day of Sep Display U.S. Flag

23

23

22

First Day of Autumn See  Earth's Seasons See  FAQ Equinoxes

29

28

26

Gold Star Mother's Day Last Sun in Sep Display U.S. Flag

2

1

6

Labor Day 1st Mon in Sep U.S.

8

7

12

Nat'l Grandparents Day 1st Sun after Labor Day U.S. Code

27

26

24

Native American Day 4th Fri in Sep U.S.

11

11

11

Patriot Day In honor of the individuals who lost their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001 12/18/2001 Became Public Law No: 107-89

7

27

16

Rosh Hashanah 1st & 2nd days of  Tishri Jewish

21

10/11

30

Sukkot 5 days after Yom Kippur / Tishri 15th Jewish

16

10/06

25

Yom Kippur 10th day of  Tishri Jewish


October Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003
- - - Oct 6 October Liberation War. Oct 6 October Liberation War. - - -

14

13

11

- - Columbus Day 2nd Mon in Oct (Observed) Display U.S. Flag

27

26

31

- - Daylight Saving Time Ends Last Sun in Oct Fall Back (set clocks back)

31

31

31

- - Halloween 31st day of Oct -

13

12

10

- - National Children's Day 2nd in Sun Oct U.S.

19

18

16

- - Sweetest Day 3rd Sat in Oct -

14

13

11

- - Thanksgiving (Canada) 2nd Mon in Oct Canadian

24

24

24

- - United Nations Day 24th day of Oct U.N. Charter Ratification 1945


November Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003

1

1

1

- - All Saints' Day 1st day of Nov Christian

2

2

2

- - All Souls' Day 2nd day of Nov Christian

11

11

11

- - Armistice Day 11th day of Nov Europe - End WWI - 1918

*

*

2

- - Election Day (Presidential) 1st Tue after 1st Mon in Nov *years equally divisible by 4-U.S.

5

5

5

- - Guy Fawkes Day 5th day of Nov The Gunpowder Plot - Britain

11

11

11

- - Remembrance Day 11th day of Nov Canada - End WWI - 1918

28

27

25

- Nov 25-27 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). Thanksgiving Day (U.S.) 4th Thu in Nov U.S. 1621

11

11

11

- - Veteran's Day 11th day of Nov U.S. - End WWI - 1918


December Islamic Holidays Islamic Holidays Holiday / Observance Calculation Method Comments
2002 2003 2004 2002 2003 - - -
- - - Dec 6-8 Eid al-Fitr (End of Ramadan). - - - -

26

26

26

- - Boxing Day 26th day of Dec Canada

11/30

20

8

- - Chanukkah 25th day of  Kislev Jewish

25

25

25

Christmas Christmas Christmas 25th day of Dec Christian

22

22

21

- - First Day of Winter See  Earth's Seasons Winter Solstice

26

26

26

- - Kwanzaa Dec 26th thru Jan 1st African American Heritage 1966

7

7

7

- - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 7th day of Dec Display U.S. Flag at halfstaff

Note: Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are approximations. During the lunar month of Ramadan that precedes Eid al-Fitr, Muslims fast during the day and feast at night and working hours are 0900-1400. Many restaurants are closed during the day and there may be restrictions on smoking and drinking. For more information, see the World of Islam appendix.

The calendarThe Islamic or Hijra calendar is made up of 12 lunar months. The Hijra year is therefore 354 11/30 days long, which means that it migrates through the solar year, starting about 11 days earlier each (Gregorian solar) year. The Islamic year is considered to have started at sunset of Thursday, July 15, 622 in the Julian calendar and has twelve months of alternately 29 and 30 days, the last month having 30 days only in leap years:-



The Islamic or Hijra calendar is made up of 12 lunar months. The Hijra year is therefore 354 11/30 days long, which means that it migrates through the solar year, starting about 11 days earlier each (Gregorian solar) year. The Islamic year is considered to have started at sunset of Thursday, July 15, 622 in the Julian calendar and has twelve months of alternately 29 and 30 days, the last month having 30 days only in leap years:-

Month Days

1

Muharram 30

2

Safar 29

3

Rabi' I 30

4

Rabi' II 29

5

Jumada I 30

6

Jumada II 29

7

Rajab 30

8

Sha'ban 29

9

Ramadan 30

10

Shawwal 29

11

Dhu al Qa'da 30

12

Dhu al Hijja 29/30


The leap year occurs in the 2nd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th and 29th years of a 30 year cycle. The beginning of a new month is commonly defined, however, by physical observation by the religious authorities of the new moon. Thus the calculated dates may be off by a day or two and may even vary from country to country. In practice this is most important for the beginning and end of Ramadan, the month of fasting and for the feast of 'Id al Adha.

Friday is the day of rest. In many countries, shops and offices may be found open after midday prayers are finished but government offices and so on are invariably closed for the whole day.

1 Muharram Hijra New Year A holiday in many countries.
10 Muharram Ashura' Shi'a holiday celebrating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Devout Shi'a beat themselves with chains and even barbed wire in memory of the martyrdom.
12 Rabi' I Mawlid an Nabi The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him).
27 Rajab Lailat al Miraj The Ascent of the Prophet (PBUH).
15 Sha'ban Lailat al Bara'a
Ramadan Month of fasting  

Believers take no food, drink or tobacco from sunrise to sunset, and abstain from sexual relations. In many cities, the start of the fast is marked each day by a drummer who beats the bounds of each district and the end of the fast by the firing of a cannon. Technically, the fast begins each day at dawn, which for Muslims comes nearly two hours before sunrise. Sunrise marks the end of the first period of prayer. Dawn is reckoned as the time when the sun's first light is seen on the horizon, or, according to a Hadith, when a white cord may be distinguished from a black cord.

Traditionally, the fast is broken with a date (Hadith has it that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, broke his fast with a date), some milk and water and then a bowl of soup and a special salad (fattoush) but the evening breakfast ('iftar) is often an opportunity for revelling which may go on late into the night.

Ramadan is not a holiday, but work schedules may be seriously disrupted or altered. It is known as Hari Rayah in Asia.

 
27 Ramadan Lailat al Qadr Evening of destiny, revelation of the Qur'an. Muslims pray that Allah will grant them a good destiny.
Last Friday in Ramadan   Quds Day A recent addition to the calendar, in memory of Jerusalem.
1 Shawwal 'Id al Fitr
 
This feast marks the end of Ramadan. It commonly lasts 3 days. Known as Seker Bayram in Turkish, Hari Raya Puasa in South East Asia.
9 Dhu al Hijja Arafat Day The eve of Adha.
10 Dhu al Hijja 'Id al Adha Festival of sacrifice. The culmination of the Hajj or holy pilgrimage. Commonly a 4 day holiday. Known as Kurban Bayram in Turkish, Hari Raya Hajj in South East Asia and Tabaski in parts of Africa.


As the Muslim day begins at sunset, so do the holidays. The Gregorian dates given in this site are for the day of the feast, so in Western calendar terms, the feast can be said to begin at sunset on the evening before the date given.

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