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Ok. I looked it up myself. According to The US Naval Observatory, here are the upcoming solar and lunar eclipses. If ramadan is in November, looks like we have a match in November 2003 (lunar eclipse followed two weeks later by a solar eclipse).

Eclipses of the Sun

(See also NASA's predicted solar eclipse paths)

1996 April 17-18 - partial solar eclipse (see map)
1996 October 12 - partial solar eclipse (see map)
1997 March 8-9 - total solar eclipse (see map or NASA bulletin for this eclipse)
1997 September 1-2 - partial solar eclipse (see map)
1998 February 26 - total solar eclipse (see map or NASA bulletin for this eclipse)
1998 August 21-22 - annular solar eclipse (see map)
1999 February 16 - annular solar eclipse (see map)
1999 August 11 - total solar eclipse (see map, or Royal Greenwich Observatory page, or NASA page for this eclipse)
2000 February 5 - partial solar eclipse (see map)
2000 July 1 - partial solar eclipse (see map)
2000 July 31 - partial solar eclipse (see map)
2000 December 25 - partial solar eclipse (see map or NASA page for this eclipse)
2001 June 21 - total solar eclipse (see map or NASA page for this eclipse)
2001 December 14 - annular solar eclipse (see map)
2002 June 10-11 - annular solar eclipse (see map)
2002 December 4 - total solar eclipse (see map)
2003 May 31 - annular solar eclipse (see map (PDF))
2003 November 23-24 - total solar eclipse (see map (PDF))
2004 April 19 - partial solar eclipse (see map)
2004 October 14 - partial solar eclipse (see map)

Eclipses of the Moon

1996 April 3-4 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1996 September 27 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1997 March 24 - partial lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1997 September 16 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1998 March 13 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1998 August 8 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1998 September 6 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1999 January 31 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
1999 July 28 - partial lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2000 January 21 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2000 July 16 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2001 January 9 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2001 July 5 - partial lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2001 December 30 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2002 May 26 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2002 June 24 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2002 November 19-20 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2003 May 16 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2003 November 8-9 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2004 May 4 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)
2004 October 28 - total lunar eclipse (see data sheet)

"If ramadan is in November, looks like we have a match in November 2003 (lunar eclipse followed two weeks later by a solar eclipse). "

Take a look at December of this year...

2001 December 14 - annular solar eclipse (see map)

2001 December 30 - penumbral lunar eclipse (see data sheet)

So, if we bomb during Ramadan, they delay throwing our the first pitch, rescheduling for December. Flip flop the eclipses...

What d'ya got?