Sunday, December 16, 2007

Eid Mubarak!

Assalamu Aleikum!

Eid Mubarak to all!

It has been declared that Eid will be on Wednesday 19th December (at least here in the UAE). I'll be flying back to the UK and have been checking out the weather reports. It looks like it's freezing back there. I wonder how it'll feel coming from short sleeves and hot, sunny weather back to winter in Britain.

One of my colleagues at work is a Muslim from just outside London. His mosque has decided to celebrate Eid on Thursday. He explained it to me - the mosque celebrate Eid according to their home country. Now, is this Pakistan or the UK? But irrespective of whether it is Pakistan or the UK how can a mosque not follow what happens in Makka? In the old days before phones, internet, TV etc I can understand that a remote village would have to calculate when Eid was themselves. However, we are in the 21st century!

Masalamah
Yahya

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