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Culture #35

ILR 2+ · Culture & religion · radio interview · pausal recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 5What is the interview about?
Question 2 of 5What happens if the crescent isn't seen on the 29th under the traditional method?
Question 3 of 5How do some states combine both methods?
Question 4 of 5Why might observers be wrong?
Question 5 of 5Why does Youssef say unification isn't only scientific?
Vocabulary
الهِلالcrescent moon
بِالعَيْن المُجَرَّدَةwith the naked eye
بِدِقَّة مُتَناهِيَةwith extreme precision
نَفْيruling out, negation
راصِدobserver
فِقْهِيّjuristic (Islamic law)