Why two dates are set for onset of Ramadan

ILIGAN CITY, LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines — Classes and work in Lanao del Sur province were suspended on Wednesday by Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. in deference to the start of Ramadan, the ninth and holiest month in the “Hijri,” or Islamic calendar. Adiong’s order was based on the declaration of the provincial mufti, Sheikh Amerodin