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To: one_less who wrote (244672)	10/11/2007 11:06:24 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 281500

So they will wait until tonight to make the announcement about the change of lunar months. UAE is waiting until tonight, Oman appears to have taken the astronomer guidance approach. This came out this morning: Oman declares Saturday as Eid Gulf news web report Published: October 11, 2007, 12:52 Dubai: Oman has declared Friday 12 October to be the last day Ramadan. This means that Saturday, 13 October will be the first day of the month of Shawal and the first day of Eid Al Fitr. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the main committee for moon-sighting, chaired by Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Salmi, Oman Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs in Muscat on Thursday. The UAE is expected to announce the Eid date by Thursday evening. The announcement will be published on gulfnews.com as soon as it is made. Meanwhile, traffic was especially light on the roads in Dubai and Sharjah as schools and public-sector offices were officially closed in anticipation of Eid festivities over the weekend.