http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/30/arabeyes-snapshots-of-eid/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:19:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/30/arabeyes-snapshots-of-eid/comment-page-1/#comment-1557108 Mansoor Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:36:37 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=50824#comment-1557108 Well if you really are interested in ending this disorder, look back to your history all dates even your own birthday is wrong because you might have been born in mid summer and now the same date in Arabic calendar falls in mid winter. this is simply because your ancestors were short sighted when they had a chance of accepting the Solar-fixed Calender system from the Persians whom they conquered in Omar the second caliphate they rather go after a moon based calendar with a start of Mohammad running away from Mekkah to save his life (what a brave occasion!). Most of the Arabs in and around Persian Gulf use the Christian Calender now a days. Your Olamas are the same it is you the younger generations which have to decide. Well if you really are interested in ending this disorder, look back to your history all dates even your own birthday is wrong because you might have been born in mid summer and now the same date in Arabic calendar falls in mid winter. this is simply because your ancestors were short sighted when they had a chance of accepting the Solar-fixed Calender system from the Persians whom they conquered in Omar the second caliphate they rather go after a moon based calendar with a start of Mohammad running away from Mekkah to save his life (what a brave occasion!).
Most of the Arabs in and around Persian Gulf use the Christian Calender now a days.
Your Olamas are the same it is you the younger generations which have to decide.

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