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Sun. 3/23
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12:00 PM
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Easter
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Tue. 3/25
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All day
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Annunciation
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Tue. 4/1
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All day
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April Fool's Day
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Tue. 4/15
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All day
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Tax Day
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Tue. 4/22
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All day
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Earth Day
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Mon. 5/5
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All day
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Cinco de Mayo
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Sun. 5/11
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All day
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Mother's Day
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Mon. 5/26
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All day
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Memorial Day
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Thu. 5/29
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All day
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John F. Kennedy's Birthday
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Sat. 6/14
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All day
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Flag Day
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Sun. 6/15
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All day
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Father's Day
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Fri. 7/4
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All day
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Independence Day
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Wed. 7/30
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All day
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Isra Me'raj
(Isra wa Al-Miraj)
Laylat Al-Isra wa Al-Miraj ("the night journey and ascension") commemorates the journey of the Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Jerusalem, his ascension into the seven heavens, and his return in the same night. These events acknowledge that all the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) have one and the same God as their source.
In this night, Muslims believe, the Prophet was instructed to establish the five daily prayers in their current form. On this night, Muslims believe, Muhammad prayed together with Abraham, Moses and Jesus in the area of the Al-Aqsa mosque.
The rock from which he is believed to have ascended to heaven to speak with God is the one seen inside the Dome of the Rock. Isra wa Al-Miraj as it is sometimes called is celebrated on the twenty-seventh of Rajab of the Islamic calendar.
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Sat. 8/2
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All day
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Nisfu Sha'ban
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Wed. 8/6
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All day
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Transfiguration
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Fri. 8/15
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All day
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Assumption Day
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Mon. 9/1
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All day
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Labor Day
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All day
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Ramadan
The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries.
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Thu. 9/11
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All day
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Patriot Day
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Sat. 9/27
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All day
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Laitaltul-Qadr
(Laylat Al-Qadr)
Laylat Al-Qadr ("the night of power.") falls on one of the last ten days of Ramadan on an odd numbered day (such as the twenty-third, twenty-fifth or twenty-seventh), In the Qur'an this night is said to be equal to one thousand months and on this night the prayers of the sincere Muslim are certain to be answered.
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