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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Since the month is not yet recognized by non-Muslims as a month to celebrate on their calendars you must do what the school is not.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Since Muslims follow a lunar calendar , the month of Ramadan begins with the sighting of the new moon and ends with the sighting of the new moon of the next month.
Some calendars such as the Jewish and Muslim have their lunar months beginning with the evening when the Moon first appears and not with the exact conjunction of the Sun and Moon.
The Muslim calendar is calculated the actual sighting of the moon.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Muslims have and yet count their years from the Hegira, lunisolar requirements have long determined the Hebrew year, Asia has dozens of different calendars, as did the Mayans, Aztecs, Celts, and on and on.
Iran's religious holidays follow the Muslim lunar calendar, so the dates according to the western calendar vary each year.
Muslims like Jews, use a lunar calendar for their religious observances.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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The Muslims also applied their astronomical knowledge to questions of time-keeping and the calendar.
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Khalid Binalshibh,
Taxi Driver
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The ninth lunar month in the Islamic calendar, Ramadan is a time of fasting from dawn to sunset to satisfy one of the five Pillars of Faith, the chief religious duties of a Muslim.
On the fourteenth of Sha’ban, the eighth month of the Muslim calendar and two weeks before Ramadan commences, Muslims seek forgiveness for their sins.
Other important points in the Islamic calendar which are observed in the country include Hari Raya Aidiladha, which is celebrated by Muslims who have fulfilled their pilgrimage to Mecca, and Prophet Muhammad's birthday.
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