hijra

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Salman Rushdie explores the flamboyant subculture of the hijra, transsexuals who sometimes have themselves castrated.

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  • Nevertheless, from the "first hijra" of Muhammad's followers to Abyssinia in 615 down to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's open letter to President Bush in March 2006, Muslims have forever invoked the common Christian and Islamic veneration of Jesus in order to promote good relations between members of the two faiths. —  بالاترین
  • Nevertheless, from the "first hijra" of Muhammad's followers to Abyssinia (615 c.e.) down to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's open letter to President George W. Bush in March 2006, Muslims have forever invoked the common Christian and Islamic veneration of Jesus in order to promote good relations between members of the two faiths. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
  • Tarikh Tabari has cited a narration that Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wasalam married Zainub bint Khuzaimah radhiyallahi anha, the mother of the poor, in the Ramadan of the third year of hijra and he consummated the marriage in the very same month. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • This event is called the hijra or hegira (the Latin pronunciation of the Arabic word). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Muslims view the hijra as the beginning of Islam, so all dates in the Islamic calendar are reckoned from the hijra. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
 

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