India, for example, has announced that Idd shall be on Thursday, August 22, while its neighbour Pakistan will mark it on August 21.
All these countries are right because Idd Ul Adha unlike the Idd Ul Fitr (for end of Ramadhan) is marked between 10th and 13th day of the month.
The debate on whether Idd Ul Adha should be marked on Tuesday or Wednesday in Kenya continued on Monday as Muslims engaged in bitter exchange online.
National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has threatened to petition the Judicial Service Commission to take disciplinary action against Chief Kadhi Sheikh Ahmad Muhdhar, claiming he overstepped his mandate when he questioned the decision by Internal Security Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i to gazette Tuesday as a public holiday.
