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San Jose, CA May 5-6, 2007
Toronto, Canada June 9-10, 2007
Dallas, TX July 14-15, 2007
Three recent conferences in the USA and Canada of prominent Islamic
scholars and experts in lunar visibility unanimously adopted
resolutions. The main highlights are:
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Islamic dates, especially of
Ramadan and Eidain, will be determined solely by the actual
sighting of a crescent moon, by naked eye, after the sunset,
as the Qur’an, and Sunnah require.
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A select committee of Islamic
scholars and astronomical experts will evaluate all reported
claims of moon-sighting received from within 48 contiguous
US states and Canada by an agreed upon criteria (as
adopted).
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The Committee will announce
its final decision within four hours of the sunset on the
East coast.
The main achievements of the
conference were agreements on a verifiable sighted moon to begin
the Islamic month, minimum criteria to verify the Shahadah, and
a network of decision-makers. |
Moon
Sighting
