{"id":1226,"date":"2015-07-20T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T14:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1226-tunisian-and-saudi-muftis-apologize-for-mistake-in-announcing-eid\/"},"modified":"2015-07-20T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T14:25:32","slug":"tunisian-and-saudi-muftis-apologize-for-mistake-in-announcing-eid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1226-tunisian-and-saudi-muftis-apologize-for-mistake-in-announcing-eid\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisian and Saudi Muftis apologize for mistake in announcing Eid"},"content":{"rendered":"<address class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px;\">however, admitted later that he had been wrong as Eid fell on Saturday, not Friday<\/span><\/address>\n<address class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"> <!--more--> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px;\"><\/span><\/address>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\">Tunisia\u2019s Mufti Sheikh Hamda Saied apologized to the people of the North African country for making a mistake in announcing Eid al-Fitr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\">According to reports, he had announced in an official address to the Tunisian nation that Friday, July 17, would mark Eid al-Fitr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\">Saied, however, admitted later that he had been wrong as Eid fell on Saturday, not Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\">Saudi Arabia&#8217;s\u00a0Grand\u00a0Mufti\u00a0Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh\u00a0also apologized for making a mistake in announcing Eid al-Fitr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\">The Jeddah\u00a0Astronomy Society\u2019s mistake in sighting of the new moon in Saudi Arabia has angered the many Muslim nations who followed suit and pronounced Tuesday as Eid\u00a0al-Fitr wrongly.<br \/> Saudi government officials have paid one billion and six million Riyal as Kaffarah for the entire Saudi nation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>however, admitted later that he had been wrong as Eid fell on Saturday, not Friday \u00a0 Tunisia\u2019s Mufti Sheikh Hamda Saied apologized to the people of the North African country for making a mistake in announcing Eid al-Fitr. 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