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Hegira
hegira
hegira (Arabic
hijra, ‘exodus’, ‘migration’, or ‘breaking of ties’)
MUHAMMAD's secret departure from
MECCA in 622, accompanied by
ABU BAKR, to live among the people of Yathrib, later called Medina, thus founding the first Muslim community. Under the second caliph, Umar, this key event in the history of Islam was chosen as the starting-point for the Muslim calendar.
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 "Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP)")
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HM King Mohammed VI congratulates leaders of Islamic countries on New Hegira Year.
News Wire article from: Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP); 12/17/2009; 449 words
; ...Islamic countries on the occasion of the New Hegira Year (Islamic New Year 1431). Rabat...Islamic countries on the occasion of the New Hegira Year (Islamic New Year 1431). AaAaAa...to the public interest conveyed by the Hegira (immigration) of the prophet, the Monarch...
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 "ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)")
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USE HEGIRA COMMEMORATION AS MOMENTUM TO SUPPORT NAT'L DEVELOPMENT, PREACHER SAYS.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 1/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...nation's leaders to make use of the commemorating event of 1 Hegira (Muharram) 1428 as a pillar to support the national development...Zikir Akbar (mass praying function) in commemorating the 1 Hegira as the Islamic New Year in Jakarta's Islamic center. The...
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Friday, first day of Muharram month of the New Hegira Year (1431).
News Wire article from: Agency Tunis Afrique Press; 12/16/2009; 345 words
; ...the 30th day of the Dhu el Hijja month of the year 1430 of Hegira and that Friday, December 18, 2009 will be the first day of the month of Muharram of the new year, i.e. 1431, of Hegira. The Mufti extends, on this occasion, his heartiest wishes...
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Deutsche Hegira.
Magazine article from: Canadian Speeches; 7/1/1997; ; 368 words
; ...14.63 in Britain and around $17.50 in the United States. Since there is no way that German workers can be worth 55% more than U.S. workers, the consequences are predictable. Howard Banks. "Deutsche Hegira," Forbes, May 5.
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LAST CHANCE AT LIFE
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 1/21/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...from her stepfather. Meanwhile, downstairs in Hegira House's living room, several people sat and...Behavioral Healthcare, the organization that runs Hegira, will close the facility in May. Hegira's 12-person staff and its annual $295...
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 "Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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Last chance at life: Roanoke's longtime 'home of last resort' for hard-core drug addicts will close its doors in May.
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA); 1/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...from her stepfather. Meanwhile, downstairs in Hegira House's living room, several people sat and...Behavioral Healthcare, the organization that runs Hegira, will close the facility in May. Hegira's 12-person staff and its annual $295...
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INDONESIA MUSLIM BIZMEN URGED TO ABANDON USURY-TAINTED PRACTICES.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 12/21/2009; 636 words
; ...should improve themselves in entering every Hegira or Moslem new year," chairman of the...the economic perspectives of the 1431 Hegira or Islamic new year. So far, many Muslims...Therefore, the arrival of the 1431 Hegira should be responded to by Muslim businessmen...
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News Focus: CALLS ON MUSLIMS ENTERING ISLAMIC NEW YEAR 1431-H.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 12/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...New Year celebrations 1431 Hijriah or Hegira that falls on December 18, 2009, Muslim...lectures related to the Islamic New Year 1431 Hegira," Iyep Dimyati, Chairman Ciparay DKM...festival to welcome the Islamic New Year of Hegira or 1431 Hijriya. Despite heavy rain...
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POLICE IDENTIFY SHOOTING VICTIM
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 12/24/2006; ; 515 words
; ...the street, at the substance abuse treatment center known as Hegira House, patients and staff seemed calm. They said they heard...like this are to be expected in the area, patients said; but Hegira House is a safe place to be, as it's left untouched by violence...
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 "The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA)")
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Commonalities for the New Year: celebrating with different customs.(HOLIDAY SECTION)
Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA); 9/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the month of Muharram, and is counted from the year of the Hegira, when Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina in 622 C.E...celebrated quietly with prayers, readings and reflection on the hegira. Norwegians hold parties with whistles blown at midnight and...
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Hegira
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hegira or Hejira [Ar.,= Hijra =breaking off of relations], the departure of...July 16, 622, in the Western calendar) of the lunar year in which the Hegira took place, and the abbreviation descr='[AH]' is used with that year...
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hegira
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
hegira, hejira Muslim era. XVI. — medL. hegira — Arab. hijra departure (spec. al-hijra the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, from which the Muslim era is reckoned), f. hajara separate, go away.
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Muhammad
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...of his followers had already gone. This "emigration" (leaving one's living place for another) is the Hijra (Latin, hegira ), on which the Islamic era is based. First years at Medina The Arab clans of Medina mostly acknowledged Muhammad's prophethood...
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Medina
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...inland from the Red Sea in a well-watered oasis where fruit, dates, vegetables, and grain are raised. Before the flight (Hegira) of Muhammad from Mecca to the city in 622, Medina was called Yathrib. Muhammad quickly gained control of Medina, successfully...
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era
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...founding of the city of Rome [753 BC; year marked A.U.C. for ab urbe condita (from the founding of the city)]; the Hegira , the flight of Muhammad from Mecca (AD 622; abbreviation descr='[AH]'); and the founding of the Olympic games in...
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