The end of the Fast of Ramadan.

The day is determined by a lunar calendar with no solar synchronization. Hence the date moves forward 11 days each year. The month begins when the new moon is sighted. If the sky is clear over Galax, that will happen 29 September 2008 at 4:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Eid mubarak!

I recently had the great misfortune of picking up a copy of "Sword of the Prophet" by Serge Trifkovic - I couldn't put it down. Serge is from Serbia, an Orthodox (i.e. related to Eastern Orthodox) Christian. Serge doesn't like Islam.

Page after page, chapter after chapter, Serge recites one ugly fact after another about Islam. I suspect seventy percent is "true", i.e. supported by the Koran, the Hadith and history. The rest is not "false", but it is an anti-Islamist agenda.

Vali Nasr, the leading expert on Shi'a Muslims.
Monday, October 29th, at 7:00pm in Wait Chapel