Tuesday, October 04, 2005

happy new year...

It is often interesting to see how the Islamic calendar interacts with other ways of marking time. This year, the beginning of Ramadan coincides with Rosh Hashanah which is the Jewish New year.

And here is a brief story on the "co-incidence"
Convergence of cultures:Sharing is tradition for Jewish, Muslim families

2 comments:

Deb said...

Happy Ramadan!
Thanks for the peaceful, hopeful link.

Abdul-Halim V. said...

You are very welcome!