Origin of the criteria for the visibility of the lunar crescent in Malaysia
The expected visibility (imkan al-rukyah) criteria have been applied to determine the first month of the Islamic calendar in Malaysia since 1984. This paper aims to investigate chronologically the process behind the decision to formulate the criteria, and provide an analysis of the official docum...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/15587/1/0001.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/15587/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaya |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The expected visibility (imkan al-rukyah) criteria have been applied to
determine the first month of the Islamic calendar in Malaysia since 1984. This paper
aims to investigate chronologically the process behind the decision to formulate the
criteria, and provide an analysis of the official documents and interviews. This will
be followed by a general overview of the development of such criteria in Malaysia.
Based on its astronomical background, the authors suggest that the criteria were
adopted from the Istanbul Resolution 1978 and formulated according to the reports
produced by the Indonesian religious authorities concerning the sighting of the
moon. |
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