You know the world is changing when The Old Farmer's Almanac has information about Ramadan.
It still has all the familiar lore about planting and cycles of the sun and moon, but I was surprised to see a concise explanation of Ramadan in the almanac online while looking up the dates for Ramadan. The start of the annual fast is determined by a sighting of the new moon and in 2013 it will begin on July 9.
In Plainfield, the feast day at the end of Ramadan, Eid al Fitr, was a school holiday for the first time in 2008-09. In the next school year, the holiday did not fall on a school day and so was not observed by the district. Because it is based on a lunar calendar, Ramadan does not occur at the same time each year. The issue of whether to include Eid al Fitr as a school holiday may not come up again until 2017 or 2018.
For more information on Ramadan and the feast day at the end of the fast, click here. An estimated 2.04 billion Muslims worldwide will be observing Ramadan.
--Bernice
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As salaam alaikum,bernice thank you for taking time to research and post information concerning ramadan may Allah guide you and guard you in all that you do towards good,as salaam alaikum norman x/ rahim abdullah shabazz
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