Re: CHAT: Day & month names (was: CHAT: Easter & the Saxon Calendar (was:Passover/Easter))
| From: | Irina Rempt <ira@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 30, 2000, 22:48 |
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
> What caused Friday to be considered the first day of the week [in
Islamic countries]?
Probably the fact that Friday is the holy day in Islam, like Saturday
for the Jews and Sunday for the Christians. Though the Sabbath is
still considered the *last* day of the week (Steg, or someone, am I
right?) and secular Western culture tends to put Sunday at the end of
the week as well, starting the (working) week on Monday. It's quite
hard to get a calendar that starts on Sunday!
Irina
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