Monday, October 15, 2007

Major Islamic Holidays

Ramadan- month of fasting during daylight hours in the 9th month of the Islamic calendar.

Eid ul-Fitr- celebration for the end of Ramadan.

Eid ul-Adha- celebrates the sacrifice of Ishmael by his father Abraham.

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=December&x=20041203104427ndyblehs7.091922e-02

http://www.colostate.edu/orgs/MSA/events/Ramadan.html

1 comment:

Scott MacD said...

I liked the descriptions of the other religions in the Islamic faith. I knew of the first one, but the other 2 had no knowledge of