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Date: 12 Sep 2007
Time: 13:27:50 -0700
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr Announcement On the basis of this new position the dates of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for this year are as follows: 1st of Ramadan will be on Thursday, September 13, 2007 1st of Shawwal will be on Saturday, October 13, 2007 The Fiqh Council of North America in its meeting in Herndon, Virginia on July 31-August 1, 2007 noted with satisfaction the recent Fatwa of its counterpart in Europe “the European Council for Fatwa and Research” related to the permissibility of the use of calculation method for determining the beginning of Lunar months including the months of Ramadan and Shawwal. The position of ECFR is similar to that which FCNA adopted last year on June 10, 2006, with a minor difference. FCNA adopted the position that the conjunction should occur before noon at Greenwich time. whereas ECFR adopted Makkah al-Mukarram as a conventional point, and took the position that the conjunction must take place before sunset in Makkah, and the moon must set after sunset in Makkah. FCNA, after careful discussion has revised its position and has adopted the Fatwa of ECFR. This revised position however, will change only a few dates in the Fiqh Council’s Five year calendar; but it will bring greater harmony and unity among the Muslims communities in the West. For more information visit www.fiqhcouncil.org Please click here to continue on to the ISNA website.