Hijri New Year/ Muharram - still no announcement??
#1
Hijri New Year/ Muharram - still no announcement??
According to my calendar Sunday should be a holiday but absolutely no announcements where I work and I can't see anything announced in the press either. Is it just being ignored this year?
It's on the official websites also: http://www.visitabudhabi.ae/en/plan.....holidays.aspx
It's on the official websites also: http://www.visitabudhabi.ae/en/plan.....holidays.aspx
#2
Re: Hijri New Year/ Muharram - still no announcement??
According to my calendar Sunday should be a holiday but absolutely no announcements where I work and I can't see anything announced in the press either. Is it just being ignored this year?
It's on the official websites also: http://www.visitabudhabi.ae/en/plan.....holidays.aspx
It's on the official websites also: http://www.visitabudhabi.ae/en/plan.....holidays.aspx
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Re: Hijri New Year/ Muharram - still no announcement??
no announcement as usual
#6
Re: Hijri New Year/ Muharram - still no announcement??
It's just been announced!
UAE to move the New Hijri Year's holiday for public and private sector employees to December 1 (Thursday)
They really do make it up as they go along, don't they?
UAE to move the New Hijri Year's holiday for public and private sector employees to December 1 (Thursday)
They really do make it up as they go along, don't they?
#7
Re: Hijri New Year/ Muharram - still no announcement??
Just announced....
Christmas (25th Dec) will be moved to the 27th so that people will get a 4 day holiday ... Can you imagine the outcry if we randomly moved our religious holidays??
Christmas (25th Dec) will be moved to the 27th so that people will get a 4 day holiday ... Can you imagine the outcry if we randomly moved our religious holidays??
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Can you imagine the outcry if an extra day's holiday was announced and people whinged about how it should be on Tuesday and to hell with the 4-day holiday?
#10
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Re: Hijri New Year/ Muharram - still no announcement??
Old school BE's please explain Hijri is the New Year for Muslims, yet why is it tomorrow in Bahrain & next week in Dubai. I know they look to the sighting of the moon and crap, but my staff are off on Sunday....me not understand.
Last edited by markinbahrain; Nov 25th 2011 at 8:59 am.
#11
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It is so that they can have some extra time off..
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Here in Saudi, we don't get anytime off for the 1st of Muharram. They don't see it as a religious day. Just the two eids and national day (which we only started getting off a few years ago).
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Thursday 1st December...