Hyderabad, April 8 -- By Tariq Muneer from Edinburgh Napier University

The world Muslim population has crossed the 1.8 billion mark or 25% of all humans. There are tens of millions Muslims who have acquired higher education. Yet, one problem that has dogged the Muslim Ummah for many decades is the issue of reliable moon-sighting.Each year arguments ensue amongst mosques on the validity of date, mainly, for the start of Ramadan. Solution exists for the latter problem which may be based on the principle ofImkan-eRuyahor probability of sighting the moon. Under that principle the earliest date for sightable moon may be obtained for any given location and month and any claim for moon sighted may be questioned and rejected. In this respect a t...