A Malaysian muslim gestures at a gathering to celebrate Maulidur Rasul in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur, February 26 2010. Muslims throughout Malaysia on Friday commemorated Maulidur Rasul, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Islamic calendar, in the Year of the Elephant, or in the year 570 CE.
