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Revisiting the Premise of FCNA’s Fatwa on Calculations versus Moonsighting
In 2006, the Fiqh Council of North America (“FCNA”) adopted its fatwa concluding that calculations should replace the traditional practice of moonsighting to determine the Islamic lunar months. Though this position represented a stark break from tradition, it immediately gained widespread acceptance. At the same time, this fatwa was met with significant opposition from the…