KABUL ‘Nawroz’ is celebrated as a spring festival, it is legitimate from Islamic perspective.
But other scholars say Islam has prohibited celebrating the festival under any name.
Nawroz literary meaning ‘new day’ marks the start of spring and the day occurs in Afghanistan on March 21.
The holiday is observed not only in Afghanistan but in Iran, Tajikistan and other central and western Asian countries for thousands of years.
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