Editing Islamic calendar (section)

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[[Twelver Shi'ism|Twelver Shia]] Muslims believe the [[Islamic New Year|Islamic new year]] and first month of the Hijri calendar is Rabi' al-Awwal rather than Muharram, due to it being the month in which the [[Hijrah]] took place.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Al-Hilli |first=Mohammed |date=22 September 2021 |title=Muharram May Not Be The Start Of The Islamic Hijri New Year |url=https://www.al-islam.org/media/muharram-may-not-be-start-islamic-hijri-new-year |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=[[Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project]]}}</ref> This has led to difference regarding description of the years in which some events took place, such as the Muharram-occurring [[battle of Karbala]], which Shias say took place in 60 AH, while [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]] say it took place in 61 AH.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rizvi |first=Sa'eed Akhtar |author-link=Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi |date=1401 |title=Martyrdom of Imam Husayn and the Muslim and Jewish Calendars |url=https://www.al-islam.org/al-serat/vol-6-no-3-4-1401ah/martyrdom-imam-husayn-and-muslim-and-jewish-calendars-sayyid-saeed-0 |journal=Al-Serat (A Journal of Islamic Studies) |volume=6 |issue=3–4 |access-date=13 April 2024 |via=[[Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project]]}}</ref>