Peter:

After working in the Middle East for ten years, I couldn't have said it
beter myself ;)

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> both follow a lunar calendar, however the Muslim calendar shifts throughout
> the year. Ramadan and the Eid al-Fitr will be at different time next year
>
> the following comes from a 2007 Dallas News article
>
> "Muslims and Jews use lunar months, which start with the new moon. So the
> month of Ramadan must start with a new moon. And Rosh Hashanah, literally
> the "head of the year," is always on the first day of the Jewish month of
> Tishri.
>
> The Muslim calendar is strictly lunar, and lunar months are 29 days long. A
> year of 12 lunar months is a bit more than 10 days shorter than the solar
> year. The start of Ramadan – in fact, the dates of all Muslim holidays –
> ratchets about 11 days earlier every year on the solar calendar. So any
> Muslim holiday will, sooner or later, take place in every season."
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4tmjtz
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Evans Kitty <
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> > wrote:
>
> >  For those in the know, how often do these 2 major holidays fall on the
> > same day?
> >
>
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