Editing Mawlid (section)

===Start of a public holiday===
In 1207, the Turkic general [[Gökböri]] started the first annual public festival of the Mawlid in [[Erbil]].<ref name="abc"/> Gökböri was the brother-in-law of [[Saladin]] and soon the festival began to spread across the Muslim world.<ref name="britannica"/> Since Saladin and Gokburi were both [[Sufis]] the festival became increasingly popular among Sufi devotees which remains so till this day.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-28|title=Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi 2020: Date, history and importance|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/eid-e-milad-un-nabi-2020-date-history-and-importance-6906601/|access-date=2020-10-28|work=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> The [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] declared it an official holiday in 1588,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shoup |first=John A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dm7Ups_zsbcC |title=Culture and Customs of Jordan |date=1 January 2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780313336713 |page=35 |language=en}}</ref> known as [[Kandil|''Mevlid Kandil'']].<ref>Manuel Franzmann, Christel Gärtner, Nicole Köck ''Religiosität in der säkularisierten Welt: Theoretische und empirische Beiträge zur Säkularisierungsdebatte in der Religionssoziologie'' Springer-Verlag 2009 {{ISBN|978-3-531-90213-5}} page 351</ref> It is a national holiday in most parts of the Muslim world except [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Qatar]] which are officially Salafi.<ref>{{cite book |last1=March |first1=Luke |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIjFBQAAQBAJ&dq=mawlid+wahhabi&pg=PA147 |title=Russia and Islam |date=24 June 2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136988998 |page=147 |accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Merkel |first=Udo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0ATBwAAQBAJ |title=Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles |date=2015-02-11 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=9781137394934 |page=203 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Woodward |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHb-640Gfa4C&q=mawlid%2520public%2520holiday&pg=PA169 |title=Java, Indonesia and Islam |date=2010-10-28 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=9789400700567 |page=169 |language=en}}</ref> 

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|+'''Public holiday'''
!Country
!Status
!Reference
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|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/afghanistan/2022 | title=National Holidays in Afghanistan in 2022 | date=15 February 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Algeria}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/algeria/2022 | title=National Holidays in Algeria in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Australia}}
|Regional <small>({{flag|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}})</small>
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://regional.gov.au/territories/indian_ocean/iot_bulletins/2017/A31-2017-Cocos-Keeling-Island-Public-Holidays-2018.aspx|title=Cocos (Keeling) Islands Public Holidays 2018|website=regional.gov.au}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/bahrain/2022 | title=National Holidays in Bahrain in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/bangladesh/2022 | title=National Holidays in Bangladesh in 2022 | date=21 February 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Brunei}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/brunei/2022 | title=National Holidays in Brunei in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Chad}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/chad/2022 | title=National Holidays in Chad in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Comoros}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/comoros/2022 | title=National Holidays in Comoros in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Djibouti}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/djibouti/2022 | title=National Holidays in Djibouti in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/egypt/2022 | title=National Holidays in Egypt in 2022 | date=6 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/ethiopia/2022 | title=National Holidays in Ethiopia in 2022 | date=7 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Gambia}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/gambia/2022 | title=National Holidays in Gambia in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/guinea/2022 | title=National Holidays in Guinea in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|India}}
|Regional <small>({{flagicon image|TamilNadu Logo.svg}} [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Telangana]])</small>
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/india/2022 | title=Public Holidays in India in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/indonesia/2022 | title=National Holidays in Indonesia in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Iran}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/iran/2022 | title=National Holidays in Iran in 2022 | date=6 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/iraq/2022 | title=National Holidays in Iraq in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Israel}}
|Optional (recognized for Muslims)
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kolzchut.org.il/he/%D7%97%D7%92_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%93_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%90-%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%99)#:~:text=%D7%97%D7%92%20%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%AA%20%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%91%D7%99%D7%90%20(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%20%D7%90,%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%20%D7%94%D7%97%D7%92%20%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%20%D7%A9%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%9D%20%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A2. | title=חג הולדת הנביא מוחמד (מוולד א-נבי) | date=September 2024 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Ivory Coast}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/ivory-coast/2022 | title=National Holidays in Ivory Coast in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Jordan}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/jordan/2022 | title=National Holidays in Jordan in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/kuwait/2022 | title=National Holidays in Kuwait in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/lebanon/2022 | title=National Holidays in Lebanon in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Libya}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/libya/2022 | title=National Holidays in Libya in 2022 | date=17 February 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/malaysia/2022 | title=National Holidays in Malaysia in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Maldives}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/maldives/2022 | title=National Holidays in Maldives in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Mali}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/mali/2022 | title=National Holidays in Mali in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/mauritania/2022 | title=National Holidays in Mauritania in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Morocco}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/morocco/2022 | title=National Holidays in Morocco in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Niger}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/niger/2022 | title=National Holidays in Niger in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/nigeria/2022 | title=National Holidays in Nigeria in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Oman}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/oman/2022 | title=National Holidays in Oman in 2022 | date=March 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/pakistan/2022 | title=National Holidays in Pakistan in 2022 | date=3 January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Palestine}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/palestine/2022 | title=Public Holidays in Palestine in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/senegal/2022 | title=National Holidays in Senegal in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/sierra-leone/2022 | title=National Holidays in Sierra Leone in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Somalia}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/somalia/2022 | title=National Holidays in Somalia in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Sudan}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/sudan/2022 | title=National Holidays in Sudan in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Syria}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/syria/2022 | title=Public Holidays in Syria in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/tanzania/2022 | title=National Holidays in Tanzania in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Tunisia}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/tunisia/2022 | title=National Holidays in Tunisia in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|UAE}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/uae/2022 | title=National Holidays in United Arab Emirates in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Yemen}}
|National
|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officeholidays.com/countries/yemen/2022 | title=National Holidays in Yemen in 2022 | date=January 2022 }}</ref>
|}