Eid Milad un Nabi around the Muslim world

Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of the prophet (pbuh), known in Arabic as the Mawlid al-Nabawi holiday, on the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar. [imagebrowser id=10522]

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