The Issues and Prospects of the Global Islamic Calendar

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10.2991/assehr.k.201017.025How to use a DOI?

Keywords

calendar, unification, reckoning

Abstract

This article discusses the concept of the global Islamic calendar, precisely the concept put forward by Jamaluddin ‘Abd ar-Raziq, for which he offers a calendar named “at-Taqwim al-Qamary al-Islamy al-Muwahhad.” He presented the fiqh side carefully and examined the validity requirements that must be fulfilled by each calendar that would be integrated with the Islamic calendar, which he has been working with the Astronomy Association of Morocco for more than ten years. The making of an integrated lunar calendar has enormous importance. The significance lies in the fact that such a calendar can unite Muslims throughout the world regarding the lunar months in general and months of worship in particular. This calendar must be based on the basics of sharia and true science to realize the objectives of Islamic law (maqasid asy-syariah al-Islamiyyah). The methodology of this research is the study of figures, which is one type of qualitative research and the analysis of Islamic calendar concept studies. The article concludes that the global Islamic calendar is an urgent need for Muslims today.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Arwin Juli Rakhmadi
AU  - Muhammad Hidayat
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/20
TI  - The Issues and Prospects of the Global Islamic Calendar
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 109
EP  - 112
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201017.025
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201017.025
ID  - Rakhmadi2020
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