Kashmir’s grand mufti constitutes first ever moon-sighting body to avoid controversies
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Kashmir’s grand mufti constitutes first ever moon-sighting body to avoid controversies

The Hindu  

Kashmir’s grand mufti Nasir-ul-Islam has constituted a moon-sighting committee for J&K, with the Valley’s chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq as its member. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Islam said the move to form the committee was to put to rest controversies erupting on moon sighting. Besides the Mirwaiz, Kashmir’s top religious scholars from different sects, including Maulvi Rehmatullah Mir Qasmi, Maulvi Ghulam Rasool Haami, Agha Hassan Al-mousvi Al-safavi, Fayaz Ahmad Rizvi, Syed Shabir Geelani, Masroor Abbas Ansari etc. The first ever moon sighting by the committee will be carried out on March 10 to decide on the commencement of the Islamic month of Ramzan.

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