Moslems New Year

The Islamic New Year is a cultural event which some Muslims partake on
the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.
Many Muslims use the day to remember the significance of this month,
and the Hijra, or emigration, Prophet Muhammad made to the city now
known as Medina. Recently, in many areas of Muslim population, people
have begun exchanging cards and gifts on this day.
However, not all Muslims take part in this event.Shia Muslims do not,
since the month is observed as a month of mourning in honor of Imam
Husayn ibn Ali, who was martyred in the Battle of Karbala on Muharram
10th. Sunni Muslims believe that this is the day that the first Caliph
(Abu Bakr) died.
Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than
the solar year, Muharram migrates throughout the seasons. The
estimated start dates for Muharram are as follows (all future dates
are estimates and depend on sightings of the new moon), though
strictly speaking the month starts at sunset on previous day:
• 1428 AH: 20 January 2007
• 1429 AH: 10 January 2008
• 1430 AH: 29 December 2008
• 1431 AH: 18 December 2009
• 1432 AH: 7 December 2010
• 1433 AH: 26 November 2011
• 1434 AH: 15 November 2012
Beside Moslem New Year, There are many celebration about new year in
the world, such as :
• Yuan Tan (Chinese)
• Shougatsu (Japanese)
• Hogmanay (Scottish)
• Chaul Chnam Thmey (Cambodian)
• Nouruz (Iranian)
• Tet Nguryen Dan (Vietnamese)
• Festival of Saint Basil (Greek)
• Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
• Sylvesterabend (Austrian)
• Ano Nuevo (Hispanic)
• New Year (American)
• Diwali (India)
• Nos Galan (Welsh)
Islam organizes the years through a calendar based on a key event in
moslem history. This event is the hijra, the exodus of Mohammed's
followers from Mecca to Medina to avoid persecution. This happened in
the year 622 CE. For Islam, this year became year 1, and the years are
counted from this point. (The Hijri calendar started on July 16, 622,
to be exact.) The English language designation for this calendar is
AH, "After Hijra." So 1997 CE is 1417 AH. In Islamic countries such as
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and the countries of the Persian Gulf, the Hijra
calendar provides the means of keeping track of time, just as the
Christian calendar (based on the supposed date of Jesus' birth)
provides the dating system in the Christian West. Other countries such
as Egypt, Jordan, and Syria use both the Hijri calendar and the
Gregorian calendar in use in the West side-by-side.
The moslem calendar is based solely on the cycles of the moon. There
are twelve months of 29 or 30 days each. Since the lunar year consists
of 354 days, it does not match with the solar year. Thus, the New Year
and the months rotate through the seasons. Sometimes the New Year is
in the summer, other times the New Year is in the winter. This
rotation takes 32 and a half years to complete. Unlike some other
religions that use a lunar calendar (such as Judaism), Islam makes no
adjustments to "correct" the lunar calendar to fit the solar. Take a
moment to imagine how this affects a person's perception of time. In
lands where the Christian calendar (a solar calendar) applies, the
months and the seasons are linked; July is always a hot summer month,
October is always an autumn month. But in Islamic countries, the
months and the seasons are not linked. The month of Ramadan,
therefore, can be a spring month and then over a few years will become
a summer month.
The Islamic names for the twelve months are: 1) Muharram, 2) Safar, 3)
Raby al-Awal, 4) Raby al-Thaany, 5) Jumaada al-Awal, 6) Jumaada
al-Thaany, 7) Rajab, 8) Shabaan, 9) Ramadhan, 10) Shawwal, 11) Thw
al-Qidah, 12) Thw al-Hijja
The New Year is an event that happens when a culture celebrates the
end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that
measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations.

Based on its, I think people in the world have to be remember all
about new year and have to tolerance to the people to celebrate the
new year in any kind. Because all people in the world have a right for it.

References :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_New_Year - Similar pages
uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/religionet/er/islam/ITIME.HTM - Similar