This week (Friday depending on the sighting of the moon), Muslims will celebrate Eid-ul-fitri, one of the two holiest feast days in Islam, the second being Eid-ul-Ad'ha (the feast of sacrificing).
Eid-ul-Fitri (the feast of breaking the fast) falls on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth month on the Islamic lunar calendar, and marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Celebration of Eid-ul-Fitri can be traced from the second year of Prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina (Hijra) in 622 AD.
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