By the way, this is how Ramadan is determined:
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/uae-moon-sighting-committee-to-meet-on-tuesday-1.666246
A panel of "experts" and religious scholars gather to sight the moon. As the Hijri calendar is lunar, each month begins on the new moon. So if the Moon Sighting Committee doesn't see any moon, Ramadan is proclaimed. If it does, Ramadan is delayed until the next day.
This sighting has dire implications for my dinner tonight. I plan on eating after Maghrebi prayer but before moonrise. They'd best not proclaim Ramadan in the interim...
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