New Crescent Society

by Imad Ahmed 18 April 2021 / 5 Ramadan 1442 The future of the Islamic calendar in the UK, insha allah... Summary This blog will be presented in two versions.  Version 1:  Will be a shortened summary, offering data proving viability of UK Islamic Calendar [this article] Version 2 :  Will be a longer version, offering a full background to the Islamic Calendar in the UK, and further analysis/notes about the data, particularly around our experience of using HMNAO visibility codes In both articles, we make the same case, which can be summarised as follows: In the past: Local Islamic Calendar not Possible in the UK We did not have enough moonsighters in the country to have a functional Islamic calendar. Therefore mosques in the UK outsourced their Islamic calendar abroad - Saudi, Morocco, South Africa, or other countries.  This is the root cause of why we have 'moon wars', and differing dates for the calendar, Ramadan and Eid. Now: Local Islamic Calendar possible in the UK For the l

by Imad Ahmed 17 April 2021 / 4 Ramadan 1442 Summary NB: This is a longer, more detailed version of this post - offering more background, details and analysis.  * Alhamdulillah, we feel blessed to write this article in the month of Ramadan, hoping it can contribute seriously towards a united Islamic Calendar in the UK. In this article, we will show you our collected moonsighting data since the beginning of 1439 AH (September 2017). We show that: a perfectly functional Islamic Calendar based on physical naked-eye moonsighting is  proven to be possible in the UK.  The data demonstrates this for the last 3 years and 9 months - almost four years now! This has never been the case before. Alhamdulllah, this has been made possible due to your huge efforts in sighting the moon, month on month. New Crescent Society salute you, and special thanks to moonsighting organisations around the country like ICOUK and others with whom we collectively build this data.  May Allah bless you for your effor