Saturday, October 21, 2006
When the moon hit the sky....Do you know that Arab countries wait for a special committee (the Committee To Spot the Crescent of Ramadan--I am NOT making this up) in Saudi Arabia to spot the moon to announce the end of Ramadan? `Abdullah Al-Khudayri (a member of the Committee) told AlArabiya TV that he is hard at work to spot the moon. Only Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (among both Sunnis and Shi`ites) insist on resorting to scientific calculations. House of Saud came up with a solution. They suggest that one of the surviving sons of `Abdul-`Aziz be sent after a heavy night of drinking to spot the moon. OK.