March 2010 Calendar

By CMB • on February 6, 2010

MON 1	COUNCIL OF PIACENZA DAY	Council of Piacenza begins – it was at this Council that Pope Urban II received an appeal from the Byzantine Emperor requesting assistance in his conflict with the Turks who were attacking his territory, 1 March 1095
TUE 2
WED 3	FREEDOM FROM THE CALIPHATE DAY	Abolition of the Caliphate, 3 March 1924
THR 4
FRI 5	VICTORY IN THE MOTHER OF PARLIAMENTS DAY	Geert Wilders wins a victory for free speech by showing his film Fitna in the British House of Lords – Speech. Press Conference. EDL protest in support of Geert Wilders – photographs, Video. 5 March 2010.
SAT 6
SUN 7	ISLAMIC ICONOCLASM DAY	Taliban destroy the Buddhas of Bamyan March 2001 (no exact date)
MON 8
TUE 9
WED 10
THR 11	SECOND JIHAD AGAINST SPAIN DAY	Madrid train bombings, 11 March 2004 Also on this day Saudi school girls sent back into burning school due to being improperly dressed, 11 March 2002
FRI 12	POPE URBAN II DAY	Otho de Lagery becomes Pope Urban II, the Pope who launched the First Crusade to liberate the Holy Land, 12 March 1088
SAT 13
SUN 14
MON 15
TUE 16
WED 17	OCCUPATION OF ZOROASTRIAN PERSIA DAY	Sassanid Empire destroyed by Islamic forces, 644 (no exact date available)
THR 18
FRI 19	ASMA BINT MARWAN DAY	Asma bint Marwan was a 7^th century poetess who Islamic prophet Mohammad is reported to have had murdered because he did not like what she wrote about him. March 624 – no exact date available. See also
SAT 20
SUN 21
MON 22
TUE 23	IRANIAN PIRACY DAY	Forces from the Islamic Republic of Iran kidnap 15 British sailors in the Persian Gulf, 23 March 2007 Also on this day: Journalist Magdi Allam converts from Islam to Christianity, 23 March 2008
WED 24
THR 25	FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DAY	March for Free Expression demonstration takes place in London’s Trafalgar Square in response to Islamic threats to freedom of expression in the aftermath of the Danish cartoons crisis, 25 March 2006 Also on this day, Gilad Shalit kidnapped by terrorists, 25 June 2006) Also on this day Treaty of Rome signed to establish the EEC – which later metamorphosed in to the Eurabian EU, 25 March 1957
FRI 26
SAT 27
SUN 28
MON 29	APOSTASY DAY	Abdul Rahman flees from Afghanistan and is granted asylum in Italy after the Western backed regime in Afghanistan threatens to put him on trial for his life for the crime of converting from Islam to Christianity, 29 March 2006
TUE 30
WED 31