Understanding Crescent Sighting

A full-day seminar on Understanding the Importance of Crescent Sighting in Islam

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This full-day seminar will:

- Provide all evidences about why physical sighting of the crescent required in Islam
- Provide all evidences why pre-determined calendars and global sighting does not fulfil Islamic requirements
- Provide evidences of the incorrect announcements made regularly in Australia for Ramadhan and the two ‘Eids
- Provide practical guidance on how to observe the crescent on a regular basis with accurate information
- Discuss ways to change the repeated errors made in Australia and return to proper due process of establishing the Islamic Lunar Calendar
- Provide ample time for questions and answers

The Presenter:

Imam Afroz Ali

Imam Afroz Ali is the Founder and President of Al-Ghazzali Centre for Islamic Sciences & Human Development, headquartered in Sydney, Australia. He is a qualified Imam in the Islamic Tradition, having studied under Traditional Islam and received licence to teach in various Islamic Sciences. His studies have taken him from university-based Islamic University- Madina, Saudi Arabia then moving towards Traditional Scholarship in Yemen, United States and Mauritania, where he has spent considerable time to learn from the most esteemed Rightly Guided Islamic Scholars of our time. He has also travelled to Cairo, Egypt for further studies in Islamic Jurisprudence with Scholars at al-Azhar University and is on the Board of Advisors at Markaz Aleem in Cairo, Egypt.

He has presented lectures, workshops and training programs worldwide, including Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, United States, The Emirates, Egypt, China, Japan and Denmark. He lectures around the world on Islamic Jurisprudence, Spirituality, Ecological Wellbeing, Ethical Rights and Responsibilities, and Personal and Corporate Citizenship.

He has initiated philanthropic as well as sustainable environment projects in Australia and abroad, and continues to advocate peace, acceptance, justice and interpersonal rights. Imam Afroz is a founding member of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change . He is also the recipient of the International Ambassador for Peace award and is an Australian Ambassador for the Charter for Compassion