The Nigeria Supreme Council for
Islamic Affairs [NSCIA], has
overruled the Jamaátu Nasril
Islam, the umbrella body for
Islamic organisations in Nigeria,
on the declaration of Wednesday,
September 23 as Eid-el-Kabir day
in Nigeria.
The JNI had in a statement on
Sunday by its Secretary General,
Khalid Aliyu, said the month of
Dhul Hajj begins today (Monday),
meaning Eid-el-Kabir would be
observed on Wednesday,
September 23.
The JNI, like the NSCIA, is under
the leadership of the Sultan of
Sokoto, Saád Abubakar.
When PREMIUM TIMES contacted
the Secretary General of the
NSCIA, Ishaq Oloyede on Monday,
he said the announcement by the
JNI was done in error.
“The NSCIA would issue a
statement on the new month of
Dhul hajj later today,”he said.
He also said the Moon-Sighting
committee of the NSCIA already
agreed with the decision of
authorities in Saudi Arabia that
the month of Dhul Hajj begins
tomorrow (Tuesday).
“Consequently, Eid-El-Kabir
would be observed on Thursday
September 24, while Wednesday
is Arafat day,” he said.
Sunday’s statement by the JNI
quoted the Sultan as ‘felicitating’
with Nigerian Muslims “over the
successful commencement of
Dhul-Hajj today Monday 14th
September, 2015. This is indeed
gratifying as Wednesday 23rd
September 2015 will mark this
year’s Eid-el-Kabir, In-Shaa-
Allah”.
Not new to controversy
This is not the first time Islamic
leaders in Nigeria are locked in
controversy over moon-sighting
or Eid day declaration.
There was similar confusion last
year over whether the new moon
of Shawwal signifying the end of
Ramadan fast was sighted in
Nigeria.
The Sultan himself, who is the President of the
NSCIA, had around midnight on a Saturday
announced the sighting of the new moon and
therefore the end of Ramadan.
”The new month of Shawwal was sighted in
different places within Nigeria and therefore
tomorrow (Sunday) is the first day of
Shawwal equivalent to 27 July 2014,” the
Sultan said in an announcement aired on the
Nigerian Television Authority [NTA].
But when contacted after the Sultan’s
announcement, Mr. Oloyede, a professor of
Islamic Studies, said he was not aware that the
moon had been sighted.
“I spoke to the Sultan about four times tonight
and he did not tell me that the moon has been
sighted,” Mr. Oloyede told PREMIUM TIMES at
the time. “In any case, any such claim is
ridiculous and unscientific. It cannot be right.
“The National Moon-Sighting Committee has
not informed us of any credible sighting of the
moon. Rather, they said the moon wasn’t
sighted. The new moon was only born at
11:45 P.M. tonight (Saturday) and it will take
several hours for it to be sighted.
“Is our own sky different? Is our own moon
manufactured in Nigeria?,” he had said.


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