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The Sunnah: Practice and Law (shari'ah and madh'habs) |
 | | The month of Ramadan, during which Muslims must fast, is expected to begin in the US on Wednesday, November 6, 2002, since the new moon (hilal) will not be visible until Tuesday evening. |
| | data from Khalid Shaukat of ISNA for the citing of the new moon indicating the Eid (with maps using MoonCalc 6 by Dr. Monzur Ahmed and criteria developed Yallop, criteria similar to that of Shaukat) and Mohib Durrani's Data for the Sighting of the New Moon (hilal) (link fixed 17 August 2005). |
| | Monzur Ahmed's program MoonCalc can be used to generate maps indicating the locations from where the moon may possibly seen. |
| www.uga.edu /islam/shariah.html (4633 words) |
