Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The majority of the Pakistani Muslims belong to Sunni Islam. Muslims belong to different schools which are called Madhahib (singular: Madhhab) i.e., schools of jurisprudence (also 'Maktab-e-Fikr' (School of Thought) in Urdu ).) Estimates on the Sunni population in Pakistan range from 85% to 90%.
Pakistan Day (Urdu: یومِ پاکستان, lit. Yaum-e-Pakistan) or Pakistan Resolution Day, also Republic Day, is a national holiday in Pakistan primarily commemorating the adoption of the first Constitution of Pakistan during the transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 23 March 1956 making Pakistan the world's first Islamic republic.
Observed to show Pakistan's support and unity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir. 23 March Pakistan Day: یوم پاکستان. Youm-e-Pakistan. Commemorates the Lahore Resolution, which formally demanded an independent Muslim-majority state to be created out of British India. The republic was also declared on this day in 1956. 1 May Labour Day
The night of forgiveness. 21/23/25/27/29. Ramadan. Laylat al-Qadr. The night when first verses of Quran were received by Muhammad. 29/30. Ramadan. Chaand Raat. The last night of Ramadan celebrated on 29th or 30th depending on when the new moon is sighted.
Yom-e Bab ul-Islam (Urdu: یوم باب ... is observed on 10th Ramadan to commemorate the establishment of Muslim rule by Muhammad bin Qasim in modern Pakistan in ...
Islam portal. v. t. e. The Day of Arafah ( Arabic: يوم عرفة, romanized : Yawm 'Arafah) is an Islamic holiday that falls on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic Calendar. [4] It is the second day of the Hajj pilgrimage and is followed by the holiday of Eid al-Adha. [5]
Islamization ( Urdu: اسلامی حکمرانی) or Shariazation, has a long history in Pakistan since the 1950s, but it became the primary policy, [1] or "centerpiece" [2] of the government of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the ruler of Pakistan from 1977 until his death in 1988. Zia has also been called "the person most responsible for turning ...
Jamaat-e-Islami ( Urdu: جماعتِ اسلامی, English: Islamic Party; abbreviated JI ), or Jamaat as it is commonly known, is an Islamist political party based in Pakistan and founded by Abul Ala Maududi . It is the Pakistani successor to Jamaat-e-Islami, which was founded in colonial India in 1941. [9] Its objective is the transformation ...