Monday, October 08, 2007

Eid Al-Fitr on October 13


A majority of Muslim countries will celebrate 'Eid Al-Fitr, the feast that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on Saturday, October 13.

The Abu-Dhabi-based Islamic Crescents' Observation Project announced that Friday, October 12, as the last day of Ramadan according to astronomical calculations.

In Egypt, the National Research Institute of Astronomy said astronomical calculations suggest that "Eid will fall on Saturday, October 13.

The calculations, however, differed in some other countries.

The Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences said based on astronomical calculations, October 12, will be the first day of Shawal and 'Eid. Saudi Arabia and Algeria will also observe 'Eid on October 12.

Moon sighting has always been a controversial issue among Muslim countries, and even scholars seem at odds over the issue.

Source: IslamOnLine

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Selamat menyambut Aidilfitri kepada sdr sekeluarga dan maafkanlah sekiranya ada kata-kata atau perbuatan saya yang secara tidak sengaja menyinggung perasaan saudara. Raya di mana?

Maaf kerana tak tau alamat email saudara.

--Shamsudin Puteh

Unknown said...

Terima kasih Sdr Shamsudin Puteh,

saya juga ingin mengucapkan Selamat Idul-Fitri kepada saudara serta keluarga dan kepada semua umat Islam yang sudi melayari blog ini.

Saya ingin memohon ampun dan maaf atas segala kekhilafan dan keterlanjuran yang mungkin telah saya lakukan, sama ada secara sengaja atau tidak sengaja, secara sedar atau sebaliknya semasa saya berinteraksi sama ada secara bersemuka atau melalui kaedah lain termasuk melalui penulisan dalam blog ini.

Anonymous said...

Minal idul walfaizin...

Maaf Zahir Batin jika ada tersalah dan terlanjur.... Drpada Mizan Sekeluarga''
Bila Ami Ban nak balik PENANG?

chekendoi..

Unknown said...

Insya-Allah, pada hari Jumaat ini.