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MIMI SYED YUSOF; SHAHRUL HAFEEZ
New Straits Times
10-30-2005
When Raya was a bewildering experience
Byline: MIMI SYED YUSOF; SHAHRUL HAFEEZ
Edition: New Sunday Times
Column: Catching up with ...

ONE of the excitements of Ramadan was when religious officers made their

way to the various strategic spots to sight the new moon of Syawal. This
provided a certain amount of suspense to all Muslims because a sighting

would mean Hari Raya was the next day rather than the day after. But

there was much confusion in this system more than 20 years ago when Perak

declared Hari Raya a day earlier than the rest of the country. MIMI SYED

YUSOF and SHAHRUL HAFEEZ look back. …

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