tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post5409419631762257435..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: For a Real Islamic Calendar...Salman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-60939159820886520522010-08-10T01:11:50.394-04:002010-08-10T01:11:50.394-04:00Hello again Ali,
Yes, I am fully aware of the dif...Hello again Ali,<br /><br />Yes, I am fully aware of the difficulties for Muslims (generally) to move forward with such schemes (unified or even bi-zonal calendars); I live right in the middle of the Muslim world... But things do move forward, albeit very slowly...<br /><br />To make it easy for people to let go of the obsession with crescent sighting, I tell them that it's similar to the call for prayers (azan): Muslims have not gotten rid of it, in fact even non-Muslims visiting Muslim cities find it a nice, exotic touch; however, people can go pray by checking their watches and realizing that the time for prayer (or, in my analogy, the day for fasting) has come; the two are not mutually exclusive, but the calculated scheme is so much more convient and orderly...Nidhal Guessoumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638764091228065424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-9000810628562284002010-08-09T20:27:51.117-04:002010-08-09T20:27:51.117-04:00Thanks Nidhal,
If the calculation is an abandone...Thanks Nidhal, <br /><br />If the calculation is an abandoned method, don't bother. <br /><br />A unified calendar is a good solution. But some are traditionalists. They would not want to do it against tradition. <br /><br />Its even worse when one city or province of the country fast or celebrate Eid and the others do not because of such differences. <br /><br />Best wishes.Alinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-55148399419993347972010-08-09T17:54:26.885-04:002010-08-09T17:54:26.885-04:00Dear Ali,
Thanks for your feedback and questions....Dear Ali,<br /><br />Thanks for your feedback and questions. You guys always have tough questions... :-)<br /><br />I don't know the answer to your first question; I'll have to think about that; I haven't looked at this arithmetic calendar for some time, and it was abandoned a long time ago.<br /><br />For the second question, indeed the probability of sighting the crescent generally increases as one goes west, so it is quite possible for someone to see it in KSA but not in, say, Malaysia, but normally not the other way around. Hence, if one follows sightings, the month should always start earlier in the western regions. Unless one adopts the unified calendar that I mentioned in my piece, there would be a one-day difference between the start of Ramadan in the east and in the west.<br /><br />Let me know if it's not clear. Best--Nidhal Guessoumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638764091228065424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-87563848990050669752010-08-09T05:52:56.719-04:002010-08-09T05:52:56.719-04:00Hi Nidhal,
Another interesting post by you.
I ...Hi Nidhal, <br /><br />Another interesting post by you. <br /><br />I have two questions this time. <br /><br />1. Why "2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 26, or 29?" <br />Why not 1, 8, 15, 22 or 30 for example? <br /><br />2. Could it be possible that someone in Saudi Arabia can see the moon on say, 10th August while for those in New Zeland for instance, can see it only on the 11th August? If yes, what is the date on which someone in New Zealand should start fasting?Alinoreply@blogger.com