It all started with my tweet on Thursday evening that said
#EidAlFitr falls on Sunday, says UAE astronomy expert I don’t want to stoke the sighting vs calculations argument, fyi http://tinyurl.com/cszdjtz
and the article linked to was rather detailed and explicit in its explanation at how the end of the month of fasting is arrived. And no, I really don’t want to rekindle the calculations vs. sighting debate that ravages the Muslim world on the occasion of the two biggest celebrations of the Muslim calendar. The determination for when to start and end the month should be one made by the community as much as by consensus of the world-wide Muslim community. There really is no such thing as a pan-Islamic organization or movement despite what the Islamophobes may say or think.
I have noticed however, that a lot of Muslim communities like to tie their observance of these two Eids with the countries in the Arabian peninsula for reasons I don’t entirely understand but for those of you who do, then this is the definitive announcement for you for Eid al-Fitr for 2012. Eid will be observed on Sunday, August 19 in both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. No doubt the other GCC countries in the peninsula will mark their celebrations on the same day, although there is no official announcement to that effect as of the time of this post. It’s also important to note some where in the global community Muslims may decide to celebrate Eid on Saturday, 18 August or on Monday, 20 August and to them this message is the same. To the millions of Muslims fasting and waiting for the Eid celebration let me congratulate you on completing an arduous task at a very difficult time of the year. I hope it was spiritually rewarding for you and equally important I hope that your prayers and fast are answered and accepted.
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Thanks 🙂 I’m looking forward to eid! Its so fun as is the whole month of Ramazan. My views on the day eid is on depend upon the moon as that’s how the Islamic calendar is made and defined….not according to the phases of the moon above Arabia but above the place/country where you live…………….