Wednesday or Thursday? The French imbroglio over the beginning of Ramadan | EUROtoday

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This yr, the date chosen to start out the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan is just not the identical for everybody in France. The Grand Mosque of Paris and the French Council of Muslim Worship didn’t attain the identical conclusions regardless of astronomical calculations. An imbroglio which sows incomprehension and even anger among the many devoted.
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