PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONS FOR ACCEPTING A SINGLE GLOBAL ISLAMIC CALENDAR

Abstract

The Global Islamic Calendar functions to realize the unity of the Ummah with a globally unique calendar and minimize differences between countries in the implementation of worship based on determining the beginning of the Hijriyah month. The fact is that Islamic civilization is almost 1.5 millennia old and to this day does not yet have an accurate, unifying calendar system. In realizing a Single Global Islamic Calendar, Saudi Arabia has a dominant factor because it is the center of Islamic Worship including the place where Wukuf is carried out on Arafah. Therefore, this research will describe problem and solutions for accepting a single global islamic calendar. This research method uses qualitative and quantitative methods with a systems thinking approach. The results of this research provide an approach, argumentation, and solution with a new criterion, namely Neo KHGT Turkey 2016 so that the acceptance of a single global Hijriyah calendar for Saudi Arabia and the world can be realized.