Misleading moonsighting Shawwal 1429

marooz_1976
By marooz_1976

Official Decision and Announcement of the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia: Since the moon of Shawwaal was sighted this evening, here in Saudi Arabia, we shall be completing twenty nine (29) days of Ramadhaan. Subsequently, we shall be celebrating 'Eed al-Fitr on Tuesday 30th September 2008, inshaa.-Allaah

Comment by www.Moonsighting.com: It was impossible to see the moon in Saudi Arabia. The moon set before sunset and moon age was only less than 7 hours.

How can anyone see the crescent moon after sunset when the crescent moon sets before the sunset..

SAUDI IS MISLEADInG ENTIRE GCC ...
Please visit following sites for complete details:

www.icoproject.org
www.moonsighting.com
www.hilalsighting.org
www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/ummalqura.htm

By umsarmad• 30 Sep 2008 11:49
umsarmad

while in Canada all muslim not celebrate Eid untill seeing the cresent the night before.Muslims in western country are not following Suadi Arabia

By tallg• 30 Sep 2008 10:16
tallg

I found this odd too. So much is made of the importance of following what the Koran/Mohammed says, including using the moon for things like Ramadan/Eid, and then they just seem to pick a day that suits them for Eid to start.

By kimd• 30 Sep 2008 09:47
kimd

Interesting- why in this day and age is there not proof of the moon sighting with photos that are published?

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