In case you have not already sussed this out, this post has to do with the appearing and not appearing of the moon, as it determines when different months start in the Hijri calendar. The calendar determines when different events occur in Islam, and it is essentially a lunar calendar, and not the only lunar calendar being used still.
However, come every Ramadan, and every Eid, the whole of the Muslim community goes into complete shambles. They just cannot see the moon. They just cannot agree on it. They just cannot believe that one person has actually seen the moon, and they just cannot believe that they may actually do something which another brother (sorry!) is doing.
All this, despite the fact that science can clearly tell us the different phases of the moon. Okay, maybe science is not good enough for you. Why then, do you follow science for the other 10 months of the calendar, and more importantly, just one question, why, o why, do you use scientific numbers to determine when Sehri and Iftar are? Why can you print off calendars and charts and tables that determine exactly when the sun moves around the earth, but not believe the same number when it comes to the moon, for just 30 odd days of the year?
I rest my case...!
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