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Islamic (Hijri) New Year: Heartfelt wishes, messages, and greetings to share with friends and family

The Islamic New Year, also known as the Hijri New Year or 1 Muharram, marks the beginning of a new lunar year in the Islamic calendar. It commemorates the Hijrah—the Prophet Muhammad’s migration from ...
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Islamic State’s brutal ideology still inspires attacks worldwide

BEIRUT — Screams, carnage — and a black banner. The attacker in the deadly New Year’s truck-ramming strike on revelers in New Orleans’ French Quarter had a black Islamic State flag, the FBI says. Law ...