Oman Declares July 23 Nationwide Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced Saturday, July 24, 2011, as the date for the upcoming Renaissance Day public holidays for both the Omani private and public sectors. [full story]

Philippines Declares July 15 ARMM Public Holiday

Sources: Balita (Cotabato City) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Acting Regional Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) of the Philippines, Ansaruddin Adiong, has declared Friday, July 15, 2011, as a one-off regional public holiday. [full story]

Bangladesh Announces Shab-e-Barat Public Holiday

Sources: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and Bangladesh bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bangladesh's National Moon Sighting Committee has announced that the upcoming Shab-e-Barat would be observed on July 17, 2011. [full story]

Iraq Declares June 28-29 Public Holidays

Sources: الوكالة الوطنية العراقية للأنباء - نينا (Baghdad) and Iraqi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Iraq has declared Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28 and 29, 2011, as one-off public holidays on account of the upcoming Prophet's Ascension. [full story]

Kuwait Declares June 30 Public Holiday

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Kuwaiti Civil Service Commission (CSC) has announced that the upcoming public holiday on account of the Prophet’s Ascension, ministries and government authorities will have a non-working public holiday on Thursday, June 30, 2011, instead of Wednesday, June 29, 2011. [full story]

West Bank Announces Prophet's Ascent Public Holiday

Sources: وكـالــة مــعــا الاخـبـاريــة (Ramallah) and West Bank and Gaza bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Palestinian Authority has announced Wednesday, June 29, 2011, as the date of the upcoming public holiday for Prophet Mohammed's Ascent. [full story]

Philippines Declare June 29 ARMM Public Holiday

Sources: Philippines Information Services (PIA) and Philippines bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of the Philippines has announced that the date of the regional public holiday for the upcoming Lailatul Isra Wal Miraj (the Nocturnal Journey and Ascension of Prophet Mohammed) as Wednesday, June 29, 2011. [full story]

UAE Moves Isra Wal Meraj Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة أنباء الإمارات (WAM) and UAE bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The UAE's Minister of Education, and Chairman of Federal Authority for Human Resources, Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Quttami, has announced that the UAE government had decided to move the date of the upcoming Isra Wal Meraj public holiday from Wednesday, June 29, to Thursday, June 30, 2011. [full story]

Saudi Arabia Eid Al-Fitr Public Sector Holidays Announced

Sources: وكالة الأنباء السعودية - واس (Riyadh) and Saudi Arabian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Saudi Arabia has announced that the public sector holidays break from work to mark the upcoming 2011 Eid Al-Fitr will run from Thursday, August 25 (Ramadan 25) until Saturday, September 3 (Shawwal 5), 2011. [full story]

Sweden Abandons Muslim Public Holiday

Sources: Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm) and Sweden bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The newly appointed Secretary of the Social Democrat party, Sweden's largest party, Carin Jämtin, has gone back on her recent proposal of adding a Muslim public holiday in Sweden. [full story]

Omani Strikes Over Public Holidays

Sources: Gulf News (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani workers have gone on strike at Oman's Rusayl Industrial Estate asking for five-day work weeks and Eid public holidays on par with government employees and the public sector. [full story]

Iran Announces 1390 Official Public Holidays

Sources: وب سایت رسمی مجلس ایران (Majlis) and Iran public holidays (qppstudio.net). Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly has approved the list of official public holidays in Iran for the Persian year 1390, running from March 21, 2011, to March 20, 2012. [full story]

Ivory Coast Declares Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Again

Sources: Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) and Ivory Coast bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Ivory Coast government of Alassane Ouattara has announced that tomorrow, Wednesday, February 16, 2011, would be another nationwide public holiday (jour férié, chômé et payé sur toute l'étendue du territoire ivoirien) on account of the upcoming Prophet's Birthday. [full story]

Kuwait Confirms Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday

Sources: الكويت جنة الخدمة المدنية (Kuwait City) and Kuwaiti bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Kuwait's Civil Service commission has confirmed that Thursday, February 17, 2011, would be a non-working public holiday on the occasion of the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad. [full story]

Afghanistan Announces Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday

Sources: آژانس خبرى پژواك (Kabul) and Afghanistan bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The government of Afghanistan has confirmed the date of Wednesday, February 16, 2011, as a public holiday on the occasion of due to the Birthday celebration of prophet Mohammad (Mawlod). [full story]

Ivory Coast Declares Additional Public Holiday Tomorrow

Sources: Radio Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) and Ivory Coast bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The minister of labour of the Ivory Coast government of Laurent Gbagbo has announced that tomorrow, Tuesday, February 15, 2011, would be a nationwide public holiday (journée férié, chômé, payé sur toute l'étendue du territoire ivoirien). [full story]

Sudan Announces Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة السودان للانباء (SUNA) and Sudanese bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Secretariat General of the Sudanese Council of Ministers has announced that next Tuesday, February 15, 2011, would be the date of the upcoming Al-mawlid public holiday (the birthday of Prophet Mohamed). [full story]

Oman Moves Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة الأنباء العمانية (Muscat) and Omani bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Omani authorities have announced that the upcoming one-day public holiday for the Prophet's Birthday would be moved from February 15 to Thursday, February 17, 2011. [full story]

Bahrain Announces Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday

Sources: وكالة أنباء البحرين (BNA) Bahrain bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Bahrain's Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, has issued a circular declaring Tuesday, February 15, 2011, as a public holiday to mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammed for the Islamic year 1432. [full story]

Nigeria Declares Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday

Sources: Vanguard (Abuja) and Nigerian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Nigeria's Minister of Interior, Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho, through his Assistant Director in charge of Press, Ogaziechi Theodore, has announced that the federal government of Nigeria had declared Tuesday, February 15, 2011, as a public holiday to commemorate the Eid el-Maulud (birthday of the Holy Prophet Mohammed). [full story]