During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Muslims observing the fast will refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk to achieve greater “taqwa”, or consciousness of God.

The International Astronomy Centre confirmed on Wednesday that the crescent moon of Shawwal will be impossible to sight on Saturday, March 29, across all regions of the Arab and Islamic world. This is ...

Zonal Ruet-i-Hilal committees held meetings in Karachi, Lahore, Islam­abad and Quetta, but no credible reports of moon sighting were received from any of these locations. The Central Ruet-i-Hilal ...

According to him, as the holy month of Ramadan begins, following the official sighting of the moon and the pronouncement by the Sultan, I would like to urge our Muslim brethren to embody the spiri ...

But what is the moon’s significance for Ramadan 2025? We find out. Ramadan happens in the ninth month of the Islam calendar. The sighting of the crescent moon determines the beginning and the ...

Ramadan to begin on March 1 as crescent moon seen in Saudi Arabia - For the first time in many years, Ramadan will end before daylight saving time ...

The bombing came ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is expected to start either on Saturday or Sunday subject to the sighting of the crescent moon. Hameed, the provincial police ...

Meanwhile, the Sultan of Sokoto and the President of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, is yet to announce the sighting of the crescent moon as of the time of filing ...

Traditionally, Islamic months begin and end with the sighting of the new crescent moon. In many Muslim-majority countries, official sighting committees gather to sight the moon by eye, and many ...

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, where Islam was first established by the prophet ...

Every year, Muslims around the world anticipate the sighting of the new crescent moon that signifies the official first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most sacred ...