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		<title>The Neverending Moonsighting Debate</title>
		<description>Discuss The Neverending Moonsighting Debate</description>
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			<title>Mukkarram says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Look the article sends a positive message and in that regard I like it.... Its nice to have different views....But one thing is to be accepted, when there are two Eids, we all know, of the two, only one is correct. You can't just go on debating he is also right and so is he according to his interpretation of Islamic Laws.... The basic fact of the matter is out of the two, one is surely wrong, period... I personally don't think the Hadees quoted in which Imam Ali(A.S) tells the man to celebrate Eid while the whole community doesn't isn't that commendable. I doubt its authenticity.... Imam would never give a doubting answer, if someone is wrong, Imam will prove it, if someone is lying to his face, then Imam has lots ways of proving it. There have been many incidents where people came to Imam Ali(A.S) making false claims about things, but Imam should their lies openly, like for example when a servant took over his masters camel and claimed it to be his and also had witnesses to justify his claims, the master who was the real owner was asked at the end by Imam to say something in defence, to which the owner said, this male camel which these people claim are not mine is infact a female camel. I know this because I am the real owner. So in moral, even a majority was proven wrong. Imam handled the matter in such a way that truth prevails, this is the reason Imam Ali(A.S) asked the real owner at the end... So therefore, Imam Ali(A.S) would not p[censored] a comment that creates difference of opinion.... So I would just say that, think about it, unity is important for Muslims but not so important that you overlook right from wrong just for the sake of unity...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mukkarram</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:52:20 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Sid says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I just don't understand why our Marajas cannot sit together, engage a rigorous discussion and come up to some consensus approach to resolve all such matters. This would really help the entire Muslim Umma (esp. Shiites) to resolve this and myriad of others matters peacefully.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sid</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:43:29 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Bro Harun Asean says:</title>
			<link>http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/religion/the-neverending-moonsighting-debate.html#comment-4987</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Moonsite debate nothing but same us Wahabbi/Salafi Sect.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bro Harun Asean</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:35:22 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Hussain says:</title>
			<link>http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/religion/the-neverending-moonsighting-debate.html#comment-4160</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nobody said that unity is not important. What is being said is that unity does not mean uniformity. Also, since your Imam told you to follow your marja', and told you how to find that marja', you're pretty much set for life.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Hussain</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:07:20 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Hussain says:</title>
			<link>http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/religion/the-neverending-moonsighting-debate.html#comment-4159</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the Imam Ali (AS) story, he did mention that it was Haram for the man to fast.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Hussain</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:51:37 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>abuzar says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[He has infact quoted a reference for that ...Wasail ash-Shia, volume 10, chapter on Fasting. great article...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>abuzar</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:59:08 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Reference</title>
			<link>http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/religion/the-neverending-moonsighting-debate.html#comment-1895</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Salamun Alaikum For those who are interested, the reference for the Imam Ali [as] incident mentioned in the article is Wasail ash-Shia, volume 10, chapter on Fasting. I apologize for the delay in responding, but I had originally heard the incident mentioned in a speech by Maulana Sadiq Hasan, a prominent Pakistani scholar, and I was waiting to hear back from him in regards to the reference. The article has now been updated to include the reference. Secondly, comments that the Maraja should "get together and resolve their differences" reflect a sad misunderstanding of the system of Ijtihad and Marjaiyyat. The whole purpose of Taqleed is to follow the Maraja on issues where this is a difference of opinion; if there were no differences, what would be the point of doing Taqleed in the first place?! Indeed, these differences are a natural product of the reasoning component within the system of Ijtihad as set up by the Infallibles [as], and it is these minor differences that have kept our academic tradition alive and prevented intellectual stagnation. Lastly, I find it foolish -- if not outright impudent -- to suggest that individuals such as you and I possess greater foresight that our great scholars, or that we are far more concerned about the matter of unity than them. In this matter, I refer you to the following tradition of Imam as-Sadiq [as]: (Firu al-Kafi, vol 3, p. 412) For those who are interested in gaining a better understanding of Ijtihad and Marjaiyyat, the following books and articles are quite beneficial: http://www.al-islam.org/jurisprudence http://www.al-islam.org/al-serat/default.asp?url=ijtihad.htm http://www.al-islam.org/beliefs/practices/taqlid.html http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/clergy-corner/ask-the-experts.html http://islamicinsights.com/religion/religion/religious-extremism-and-the-need-for-religious-authority.html W[censored]alam Alaikum, Arsalan Rizvi]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Arsalan Rizvi</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:36:36 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>......... says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[May Allah grant you (and us all) hidayat to remain on the right path. ILLAHI AMEEN! =)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>.........</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:11:50 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Ph.D.</title>
			<link>http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/religion/the-neverending-moonsighting-debate.html#comment-1887</link>
			<description><![CDATA[[censored]almou Alaikoum, I agree with everything that it is been writen in this article. This is a good article in the matter of educating people about this complicated subject and the diffecrences in Fatwa between our great Mrajaa's. But i have one comment about it, whoever wrote the article forgot to mentioned the Fatwa of Grand Ayotollah mohammed Hussein Fadlallah which really summarizes the problem and give a new insight about it. Please do Duaa for me.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Dr. Abu JAwad</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:33:32 --500</pubDate>
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			<title>Use a calender</title>
			<link>http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/religion/the-neverending-moonsighting-debate.html#comment-1882</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello, please people wake up! This is no more a question of sighting the moon then quashing our egos. The clergy will always insist that there be differences so that they can hold on to their jobs. Now they insist that it is okay to be different, what a joke. The world has evolved, as long as sunnis and shias, and other sects of other religions continue to divide, evil consume us all.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Musa</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:11:48 --500</pubDate>
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