coloring with islam
all about the calendar used in the muslim world, that are based on the moon movement.
Official 1st Day of Ramadan in Different Countries Tuesday, 9 July 2013: Bosnia and Hercegovina (Follow Turkey) China (Following MeccaCalendar.org) Cosovo (Follow Turkey) Croatia (Follow Turkey) France (UOIF – Union des Organizations Islamiques de France [Union of the Islamic Organizations of France]) Luxembourg – European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) Macedonia (Follow Turkey) Maldives … Read more
Saudi Arabia has announced that Ramadan this year will start on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. This is a news from fatwa-online.com citing the Official Decision and Announcement of High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia. Below is the excerpt from the website: …since the moon of Ramadhaan was not sighted this evening, here in Saudi Arabia, … Read more
On the evening of Sunday, 9 June 2013, several people had reported the sighting of the new crescent moon (hilal). No sighting was reported for Saturday, the day before. From Libya, Muhammad Odeh and his colleagues succeded in obtaining CCD image of the crescent moon for Sha’ban by daylight observation as well as evening observation. … Read more
The islamic month of Sha’ban for the year 1434 Hijra is coming. The astronomical new moon is on June 8, 2013 (Saturday) at 15:56 UT. However, the crescent will not be visible anywhere on earth on the evening of that date. The following evening, Sunday, June 9, 2013, the crescent moon will be visible for … Read more
Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou will head for Saudi Arabia next week with a number of senior officials of the Tourism Ministry and the Egyptian Chamber of Tourism Establishments (CTE) to discuss the kingdom’s decision to reduce the number of pilgrims during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The decision will hit Egyptian travel agencies … Read more
Last week, Reuters reported that French Muslim Council (CFCM) has agreed on Thursday, 9 May 2013, that they will use scientific calculation method to determine the beginning of the islamic month. The decission was agreed based upon the current conditions where differences in the starts of islamic hijri month cause havoc in the society. Now, … Read more