July 20, 2012

Ramadan Kareem: Ramadan moon sighted in UAE and Saudi Arabia

It's official. The UAE moon sighting committee has announced that tomorrow (Friday) is the first day of holy month of Ramadan.
Muslims in the Saudi Arabia will also begin fasting tomorrow as the moon was sighted there as well on Thursday evening, media reports said.

Ramadan to begin in Philippines on Saturday, July 21
The Muslims in the Philippines will begin fasting for the holy month of Ramadan from Saturday, July 21 as the moon was not sighted on Thursday.
Dennison Abidin, director of National Commission of Muslim Filipinos (NCMF), said moon sighting committees in Manila, Mindanao and other regions didn’t sight the moon due to dark clouds on Thursday. So the first day of Ramadan will be Saturday, July 21, Rappler said in its online report. -Emirates 24/7-

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