Articles with tag: moon
Fathers and Daughters
Fatima Mirza Sep 28, 2008 interacts: 189When Abu liked to talk of the moon, sitting by the sea, he was quite the man. He would tell me complicated things about life, and how to live it as a running clock with no hands. To feel its essential present.
Islamic Calendar Development for North America
Khalid Shaukat Oct 11, 1997 interacts: 1In the third and last article of our series on moon sighting, the author discusses the history and motivation for lunar calendar development.
Moon Sighting and the Islamic Calendar
Khalid Shaukat Oct 3, 1997 interacts: 5The second article in our series on moon sighting. A discussion of the Islamic and scientific principles of an Islamic Calendar based on the moon.
A Reply to ’Should We Still Have a Lunar Calendar?’
Adnan Lawai Sep 29, 1997 interacts: 1The lunar orbit’s periodicity can, in a sense, be sabotaged by natural events...
Should We Still have a Lunar Calendar?
Wasiq Bokhari Sep 25, 1997 interacts: 4A thousand years ago, with primitive scientific tools at our disposal, periodicity in the lunar or solar phenomena was state of the art. Today, using the lunar orbital motion as a clock does not seem justifiable.
The Science of Moon Sighting
Khalid Shaukat Sep 23, 1997 interacts: 4Many of us have taken Sister Moon to be our guide, especially in matters religious, but few of us know where its leading us. First of a series on moon sighting and some common misconceptions.
