Navroz (also pronounced Nowruz) is not the Islamic New Year. Nowruz is Persian for "New Day." It is the Persian New Year. Arabs (whether Muslim or not) do not celebrate Nowruz. It is celebrated in mostly Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. It is a pre-Islamic holiday.
More can be read about it here (http://members.tripod.com/%7Ekhorasan/Miscellaneous/Nowruz.htm).
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Date: 2005-03-30 07:32 pm (UTC)More can be read about it here (http://members.tripod.com/%7Ekhorasan/Miscellaneous/Nowruz.htm).