Dear All, I've just made a phone call to the Kowloon Mosque and they have confirmed that the Eid al-Fitr will be on Friday and Ramadan fasting continues tomorrow.
Best regards, Alan Sent on the road On 5 Aug, 2013, at 15:22, Nazif İLBEK <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Belayet, > > According to my calculations time of Eid prayer will be at between 6.30am > and 7.30am in that part of Hong Kong. (Sunrise is 6.02am on 8th of August) > > But, as Alan said, the day estimated as last day of Ramadan can be > celebrated as a first day of Eid al-Fitr in Hong Kong according to condition > of the moon, as you know. > > So, you have to check committees decision at night of August 7 to learn > which day Eid al-Fitr starts. > > Best regards, > > Nazif İlbek > > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 15:03:30 +0800 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Eid al-Fitr at Hong Kong > > Dear Belayet, > > I have just called the Kowloon Masjid about the Eid prayer. They replied that > a committee will decide on Wednesday around 8-9pm local time with the moon > sighting to determine whether the Eid will be on the 8th or the 9th of > August. Therefore it is rather premature for us to propose any date prior to > their announcement. > > You may call this number +852 2724 0095 to the Kowloon Masjid after they have > made a decision. > > Best regards, > Alan Lai > > > 2013/8/5 Belayet Hossain <[email protected]> > Hello, > Any one from local team can inform us the date of Eid al-Fitr at Hong Kong > and which time the Eid Prayer will be held at Kowloon Moshjid. Since Kowloon > Moshjid is near to the conference venue, Muslim attendees may want to attend > the prayer at the Moshjid. > > Please Not: This Eid prayer held once in a year. If there is a opportunity > Muslim may never want to miss that prayer. > > For details: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr > > Belayet > -- > Belayet Hossain > http://www.facebook.com/bellayet > http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:bellayet > http://twitter.com/bellayet > http://bellayet.wordpress.com (Bangla) > Knowledge is universal > ...so share it. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > -- > Alan C Y Lai > [email protected] > Tel: +852 6168 7708 > > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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