Scholars and astronomers gather in Istanbul to unite Calendar

ISTANBUL (Ina) - was launched at the Hilton Istanbul hotel on Saturday, the work of " the unification oflunar months and the calendar of international AH 2016" conference, with the participation of scholars and astronomers from more than 60 countries. 
The aim of the conference, which will continue its work until next Monday, to address the issue Calendar in the Muslim world. 
the organized under the auspices of the Turkish religious Affairs, in cooperation with the Islamic project to monitor the Crescents, of the Center for international Astronomy , United Arab Emirates, the center Guendelli of the University of the Bosphorus, the European Council for Fatwa. 
the head of the religious Affairs Turkish, Mohammed Gormaz, during his speech, "I have we havegathered here to get to the good result of the efforts and research that we have begun as early as 2013 on the subject of Calendar and the sighting of the lunar month. " 
He added:" the past decades have seen a default on the subject of research coincided Tlaqahha between scholars and astronomers where delayed Fiqh renew himself in front of the facts that reach to science in the context of the growing discoveries of the space and the growth of sensitive and accurate accounts possibilities. " 
He continued:" there is a section of our knowledge of jurisprudence in the past is disabled to understand age information, because they are focused on the apparent texts rather than sense and the concept and Macolha and purpose of this leg of some Muslims to doubt some novels or controversy where, strife around, nor the Islamic countries are still located on the same latitude in close geographic areas evaluated feast in three different days and we are in the space age. " 
said Gormaz that" the nation 's scientists who specialize in jurisprudence or astronomy alike took it upon themselves to determine times worship as a religious duty as of the moment that began the Qur'an and Sunnah constitute a life according to the times and the times and started work shows harmony among the ayatollahs cosmic verses Altenzilah where formed jurisprudence for determining prayer times and the beginning of the month of Ramadan and the Hajj season as they have from time to know and sophisticated astronomical in its tools and its jaw and sciences. " 
He pointed out that" Muslims differ on the subject of the lunar calendar does not depend on thedifference in moon sighting only, but enter the private accounts between states and their heads, and this is contrary to the spirit of religion and with the followers methodology which focuses on unity.