SMS NOTIFICATION – RAMADHAN AND ‘EID ul FITR

The  Australian National Crescent Sighting Coordination Centre (ANCSCC) will be providing both LIVE updates online as well as a national SMS notification of the results of crescent sighting for the upcoming lunar month of Ramadhan as well as Shawwal. The 1st day of Ramadhan effects the commencement of fasting, and the 1st day of Shawwal effects the end of fasting and establishes the day of ‘Eid ul-Fitr.

ANCSCC is the only nationally coordinated effort in Australia, with Scholars for on-time advice and resolution of all sighting claims, which undertakes monthly crescent observation. Physical sighting of the crescent is the only Shar’i and scientifically acceptable method available to establish the Islamic lunar months.

To register your mobile number for SMS notification of the results of crescent observation (and which day to start and end fasting), please go to

http://crescentwatch-australia.alghazzali.org and enter your mobile number.

To check LIVE updatesfor the results of crescent observation online, go to http://crescentwatch-australia.alghazzali.org. Make sure you refresh the browser regularly to update your webpage with new information. This service is also available via your Twitter account- just update your setting to include ANCSCC on your settings!

For further information, go to http://crescentwatch-australia.alghazzali.org/?page_id=29 and submit your enquiry. I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you a very rewarding and blessed month of Ramadhan this year. May Allah give you strength and ease.

Jazakallah Khair
Australian National Crescent Sighting Coordination Centre

The Reverend Professor James Haire is Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (National Australian Christian Centre)(ACC&C), Professor of Theology of Charles Sturt University (CSU), and Director of the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre (PACT), all based in Canberra, the national capital of Australia.   He took up his appointment in Canberra in 2003.

He has been involved in inter-faith dialogue in both Indonesia and Australia.   Among other things, he has lectured at the State Islamic Institute (Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN)) in Malang, East Java, and has engaged in inter-faith dialogue with His Excellency K. H. Abdurrachman Wahid (Gus Dur), former President of the Republic of Indonesia.

Imam Afroz Ali

Afroz Ali is the Founder and President of Al-Ghazzali Centre for Islamic Sciences & Human Development, based 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.

Imam Afroz is a founding and executive member of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change. He is also the recipient of the International Ambassador for Peace award.