[at-l] OT Islam

[dfaddleton@mindspring.com (David)]

> > I have an Indian Muslim friend who said he was screwing up his courage
> > to go to his worship service today, so I assume this is their Holy Day.
>
> Yeah but, isn't Friday here, Saturday over there?  I didn't have a watch
or a
> calender!  I think it has to do with sundown....
>

When you cannot distinguish the black thread from the white, the sun has set
and the day begun.
In Islam, Fridays = the christian Sunday and the jewish shabbat . . .
The sighting of the first sliver of a new moon signals the beginning a new
month . . .