tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post426423714733896477..comments2024-03-19T04:51:17.560+04:00Comments on [MM] Muscat Mutterings: Just a quickie: EID is announced as August 31stSythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864800112417099664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-32401233646476578802011-08-20T15:28:11.808+04:002011-08-20T15:28:11.808+04:00@Amjad your explanation makes more sense than the ...@Amjad your explanation makes more sense than the original post. Non-Muslim don't understand anything about this -_-MaKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15189228515690513291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-66926559477670205932011-08-20T15:01:15.345+04:002011-08-20T15:01:15.345+04:00Oman is doing it both the traditional and modern w...Oman is doing it both the traditional and modern way. They still believe in moon sighting, but they use scientific calculations to see if there is any point of holding a moon sighting meeting or not. It has happened once before (2 or 3 years back) that Oman announced that the moon for Ramadhan or Eid (can't remember exactly) cannot be seen, and for that reason they were not accepting any calls or claims of moon sighting. The same thing is done this Eid. They're basically saying that there is no point of holding a moon sighting meeting on August 29th, because scientific calculations show that it is impossible for the moon to be sighted on that day, and therefore, Eid is on Aug 31st. <br /><br />I'm interested in knowing how things will go for Saudi Arabia and other countries who follow Saudi Arabia on these matters.Amjadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08180957027448256551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-43598074071369814042011-08-20T14:58:33.655+04:002011-08-20T14:58:33.655+04:00Oh crap - that means an extra day of fasting! Ah w...Oh crap - that means an extra day of fasting! Ah well... let's hope it's not the short 2-day hol (weds/thurs) that everyone is apparently predicting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-28702621091609855312011-08-20T14:19:07.865+04:002011-08-20T14:19:07.865+04:00wohoo! Never thought I'd see the day that they...wohoo! Never thought I'd see the day that they actually let people plan ahead !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com