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the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.

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Also called Islamic calendar .

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Example sentences from the Web for Muslim calendar

Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Submission is set in a France seven years from now that is dominated by a Muslim president intent on imposing Islamic law.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The governor of Punjab province, a Muslim man, called publicly for leniency for her.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The following lines from the same source have been very appropriately called "The Smoker's Calendar."
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He noticed the date on the hotel calendar, and realised that the Fates had another ten days in which to drown him.
Uncanny Tales|Various
But the shadows are lengthening, the days come and go, and still my name has not appeared on the court calendar.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
The bill is read in its entirety when its turn comes on the calendar and the "Patron" explains carefully its contents.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Taking down a calendar from the wall, he laid it beside the paper on the table before the too eager lawyer.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker

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