According to the Fiqh Council of North America, the first night of Ramadan is tonight, so the first day of fasting is tomorrow.
Hamou doubted this, since one of his Moroccan friends in NYC told him it was going to start on Sunday. He also wanted me to find out if Saudi Arabia had started their fast today, since “Morocco always starts one day behind Saudia.” I simply dialed the number for the local masjid and asked – “Yes, it’s tonight, inshallah.”
I don’t know how well we’ll do here – I always do well in Morocco, but I have the support of the community behind me. I’ve only tried to observe Ramadan once in the States (as compared to three times in Morocco), and it was awful. As for those of you who might say that I don’t “need” to do Ramadan, or that it “doesn’t make any difference to Allah, because I’m not Muslim” – stuff it. Oops. Need to curb that anger before tomorrow, eh?
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Heather
September 26, 2006 at 2:23 pm
Mohcine started on Saturday….the calendar we have said it started on Sunday, but the Mosque said Saturday. I decided I wasn’t going to do it with him this year.