To fast or not to fast: Eid confusion in Indonesia

Now that there is funny.

If you can't figure out what day you are supposed to end your biggest Holiday/celebration/religious event, then you may be a Muslim in Indonesia.

I thought Islam was very much into Astronomy and science? You would think they would not have a problem figuring out what phase the moon is in.


(Reuters)
- Indonesia's government has declared that the moon is not in the right position for the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan to end as expected on Tuesday, causing hungry disappointment in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

Indonesians, 90 percent of whom are Muslim, celebrate the end of Ramadan or Eid al-Fitr festival with a feast and new clothes, but they have been forced to put their delicacies back in the cupboard for one more day.

Housewife Nur Arifah did not expect the announcement, which came late on Monday, and got up early that day to cook plenty of stewed beef for her family in Jakarta.

"My nephews and nieces have all gathered in my father's house to celebrate with new clothes, yet it's the wrong day.

"The market has already shut, so for me to be able to cook a new dish...we might as well eat instant noodles for Eid al-Fitr," she said.

Many other Muslims who were set to start eating during the day returned to fasting between sunrise and sunset on Tuesday, while shopping malls pushed their closing holiday to Wednesday.

The position of the moon determines the start and end of Ramadan, and astronomers and Muslim bodies told the Indonesian government the moon was too low to herald Eid al-Fitr.

Indonesia 'suicide bomber' wounds 28 in mosque blast

And the scourge that is Islam keeps moving forward!

One day, the people of the world will come to realize that in general Islam Must go!

They constantly kill, EVERYDAY! When they are pushed and taken to task they kill their own to prove their point!

How do you fight against rejects that are willing to kill their own people?


BBC
A suspected suicide bomber has attacked a mosque in Indonesia, killing himself and wounding 28 people.

Nearly half of the wounded are police officers, as the attack happened during Friday prayers at a mosque in a police compound in Cirebon, West Java.

It is the first suspected suicide attack in the country in two years but follows a recent spate of letter bombs.

A majority of Indonesians are Muslims but the state is secular.

Witnesses said the man was sitting among worshippers when he set off the explosives.

"He was praying. From the third row, suddenly there was a blast. I was at the last row," one witness named Anton was quoted as saying by Detik news website.

Christians Stabbed, Beaten With Plank Near Indonesia's Capital

In recent months, they have thrown shoes and water bottles at the church members, interrupted sermons with chants of "Infidels!" and "Leave Now!" and dumped piles of feces on the land.

What is it with people , Now we have everyone throwing poop around !

Muslims in Indonesia piling up the Poop outside a Church , and some fruitcake wiping his or her butt with a Koran in East Lansing , Oh can you feel the love ?


Foxnews
BEKASI, Indonesia (AP) — Assailants stabbed a Christian worshipper in the stomach and pounded a minister in the head with a wooden plank as they headed to morning prayers Sunday outside Indonesia's capital.

Neither of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

No one claimed responsibility for the attacks. But suspicion immediately fell on Islamic hard-liners who have repeatedly warned members of the Batak Christian Protestant Church against worshipping on a field housing their now-shuttered church.

In recent months, they have thrown shoes and water bottles at the church members, interrupted sermons with chants of "Infidels!" and "Leave Now!" and dumped piles of feces on the land.

Local police Chief Imam Sugianto said Asia Sihombing, a worshipper, was on his way to the field when assailants jumped off a motorcycle and stabbed him in the stomach.

184 dead in Eid holiday exodus

Every year Muslims are killed while they are celebrating Eid , Their Holiest time of the year is allways marked by Death !

straits times
JAKARTA - ALMOST 200 people died on Indonesia's roads this week as almost 30 million people headed home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, police said Saturday.

Over 27 million people are expected to be on the move as cities and towns emptied in this year's exodus marking the completion of the fasting month of Ramadan in the world's most populous Muslim nation.

'184 people have been killed on the roads in the past six days from 466 road accidents,' national police spokesman Nanan Soekarna said. Around 650 people were injured, he added.

'We urge travellers to truly maintain safety on the road,' Mr Soekarna said.

At least 548 people were killed, most of them packed onto motorcycles, on Indonesian roads during last year's exodus.

Indonesians will celebrate the Eid holiday on either Sunday or Monday, depending on the sighting of the new moon. -- AFP

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