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February 7-8, 2012 January 25-26, 2013 15th day of the month Shevat The evolution of this holiday is a bit unusual. In ancient times Tu B’Shevat wasn’t really a “holy day” at all, but more of a tax day. Fruit-bearing trees were taxed differently depending on their age. And fruit could not be taken until after the tree’s third year. The fifteenth day of the month of Shevat was chosen as the “birthday” for all trees in the …Read more 
Date varies. January 14, 2012 Shia Muslims finish the trek to Hussein Mosque in Karbala This week an estimated 9 million people gathered in the city of Karbala to remember the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the holiest figures of Islam since its founder. Forty days ago Shiite Muslims began a period of remembrance for the third Imam, who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. After being released …Read more 
January 5, 2012 December 17, 2010 Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, early 20th century The Big Guy of the three consecutive Jewish holy days is the last, the Tenth of Tevet. It is a day of fasting. The Tenth of Tevet marks the first day of the siege of Jerusalem in 589 BC by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar (630-562 BC). The city would fall thirty months later in 587. It was actually the …Read more 
[published Dec. 27, 2007] Zarathustra Today former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was killed by a suicide attacker in Rawalpindi where she was attending a campaign rally. Bhutto was waving to the crowd from the sunroof of her vehicle after the rally when she was struck down by an attacker who fired shots and then set off an explosive devise. Over 20 spectators were killed. As the government and press squabble over who was behind it …Read more 
(usually) December 21
Creation! Before the light of creation dazzled chaos, Love was created — that set creation on fire… – Hafez On the longest night of the year Iranians around the world celebrate Yalda. It means “rebirth”, referring to the rebirth of the sun. Today is also the first day of the month of Dey. The history of this celebration goes back almost to the dawn of civilization itself, when …Read more 
December 20, 2011 December 8, 2012 November 27, 2013 Hanukkah, or “Chanukkah” as those in the know call it, is one of the most misunderstood Jewish holidays. In fact, we don’t even know what “Hanukkah” means. Many believe it means “dedication”; others say it’s an acronym for “They rested on the 25th”. (Hanukkah starts on the 25th of Kislev.) Hanukkah is a minor holiday in Judaism–in theory if not in practice–and isn’t …Read more December 13 His Highness the Aga Khan has been the Imam of the Shia Ismaili for over fifty years. The Ismaili are the second largest group of Shia in the world. At age 20 he was chosen by his grandfather to succeed him rather than his father or uncle. Wrote his grandfather, Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan: “In view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes that have taken …Read more 
December 7 (Azar 16)
December 7 – A date that lives in infamy. You may know that today is the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the event that killed over 2400 Americans in 1941 and brought the United States into World War II. But December 7 is also a memorial in other parts of the world. In Iran, December 7 is Students Day. It marks the day in 1953 that three students were …Read more |
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