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Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Eid Mubarak

NEW CRESCENT SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENT: EID MUBARAK!!

MOON SEEN ACROSS THE BRITISH ISLES

Ramadan will have 29 days in the UK

Wednesday 10 April = 1 Shawwal

More details and pictures to follow later in the evening. #moonsighting #UKIslamicCalendar #EidMubarak

Did you see the… pic.twitter.com/pMHwSiUfOF
— New Crescent Society (@NewCrescentSoc) April 9, 2024

Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Moonsighting

The New Arab, New Crescent Society: Meet the Muslim 'moon family' searching Britain's skies for unity, 28 June 2023

""Even for Eid Al-Adha, there's a 10-day gap. There's a kind of drama around Ramadan," says Imad. "You see the moon – you fast. You see the moon – the fast comes to a close. I think, for those reasons, in the psychological landscape of Muslims, it's very, very special."

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Islamic Algorithms

Gary R. Bunt is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David; Principal Investigator for the ESRC funded Digital British Islam project; Co-Investigator for the CHANSE funded Digital Islam Across Europe project.

Prof. Bunt's book Hashtag Islam: How Cyber Islamic Environments are Transforming Religious Authority was published in 2018. A new book, Islamic Algorithms, is out in May 2024.

Islam in Britain started in 2009; it provides a series of links to information relating to Islam and Muslims in Britain, part of virtuallyislamic.com. Archived links can be found here. Follow the X feed (@garybunt) for regular updates.

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