RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – A dispute between Muslims and Christians over moving the clocks forward in Lebanon, has led to the country operating on two different time systems.
Najib Makati, the Sunni caretaker prime minister, said clocks would not go forward during Ramadan, which would mean the fast could be broken earlier.
Maronite Christians refused to comply because there had been no consultation.
The Times reports that two news channels and the national telecoms company kept wintertime.
The justice minister appealed for clocks to change saying the dispute along religious lines was not needed in a country facing numerous crises.