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Also rise,but not for some clergy

I there by

anything like an?Islamic symbol?, the crescent is

popularly

the only one. A thin nail-like shape with a str in
its

slim belly,it is also themost elusive. Islamic
months

begin at sunset after visual sighting of the new

crescent

called hilal. In case of id,which turns out
roughly

everey

11 months and two fortnights in the grogorian

calender,annual celestial movements positin a star

within

the crescent. This must be sighted by two
believers

who

testify their claims before a Qazi. The qazi then

announces ID. Obviously,this sighting depends on

manyfactors,incyuding weather conditin,the quality
of

the

eyesight of the observer(s),a clear horizon and
absence

of

haze and distracting city lights. False sightings

(ie.honest mistakes)are common,especially if there
is a

heightened sense of expectation. ?the ioslamic wayi
to

go

only by the wiotness, even if false, as long as he
to g

o

only by the witness, even if false,as long as he
tried

to

be accurate,?is what the reactionary quarters
argue.

However,progressives counter,?Visual sighting? with

astronomical calculation-it is quite ossible that
the

moon

is seen in delhi and nowhere else in the world,may
be

the

moon is nt visible at all due topollution, In any

case,logic holds that the whole world sees the
crescent

within 24 hours of its first sighting. The onset
of

the

holy month of Ramzan varies across the world
formtwo to

four days as has been the case ths year too. The
musli

clergy in respetive countries claim thri own
declaratin

to

be the accurate own;but there is no vouching that

countries

which observed the sunrise tosenset fast for 29
days.

After al, it is impossible to neagate other
sightings

of

the crescent with absolute conviction. The clergy
in

the

sub-continent rejet the moon?s calculations on
grounds

that

it is associated with foretelling future
events,which

is

strictly prohoibited in islam. They resent

interference

into primitive methods. However,some read this

resentment

as unwillingness of the mullahs to let goof
absolute

authority over the specified area. Never mind such

bloopers as bihar and tamil andu celebrating id a
day a

head of rest of the country as happened a few years
ago.

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