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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epicure who wrote (211326)12/31/2006 1:40:26 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
So does this difference have to do with religious leaders of the various sects calling the date differently due to calculations of the moons phase? That's what I inferred from what I read in one article. I assumed that the head religious leader of the Shias called the moon sighting differently than the head of the Sunnis- or is that an incorrect inference?

Sometimes the team in Saudi Arabia will see the moon so will declare the start of the holiday, but the team in Morocco (for example) will not see it, so the Saudis will start immediately while the Moroccans will start the holiday the next day. It's always only one of two days of the given month when the new moon should appear, but due to geography it may appear to one region on the first day and another region on the 2nd.
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