MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalis on Thursday marked the Prophet Muhammad's birthday with a government-declared public holiday, reviving an old tradition of merriment once banned by extremist militants who ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Dressed in white, Muslims in Senegal attend the annual festival commemorating the Prophet Muhammad's birthday, known as Mawlid. Similar celebrations took place elsewhere in the ...

As nearly 400 Shia Ismaili Muslims gathered this week to celebrate Muhammad's birthday, they heard a story from the time of the prophet. A Bedouin once asked Muhammad to explain the religion of Islam ...

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalis on Thursday marked the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday with a government-declared public holiday, reviving an old tradition of merriment once banned by extremist ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Dressed in white, Muslims in Senegal attend the annual festival commemorating the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, known as Mawlid. Similar celebrations took place elsewhere in the ...