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Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday
The Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations will begin in Saudi Arabia on Friday as the moon for the month of Shawwal on the Islamic calendar has been sighted there.
Published : 14 June 2018, 04:49 PM
Updated : 14 June 2018, 06:01 PM
The Astronomical Observatory at the Majmaa University completed its technical and administrative preparations to monitor the crescent of Shawwal on Thursday, reports Al Arabiya.
Gulf News said the UAE was also announcing the Eid-ul-Fitr day soon while Oman already declared it is celebrating the largest festival of the Muslims on Friday.
The sighting of the Shawwal moon marks the end of Ramadan.
Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha generally fall in Bangladesh a day after the celebrations in Middle East.
Bangladesh’s National Moon-Sighting Committee will meet on Friday to decide whether the country will celebrate Eid on Saturday or Sunday.
However, the Eid will be celebrated in hundreds of villages in several districts of the country on Friday along with Saudi Arabia.
Followers of different clerics or Pirs in these villages always observe most religious festivals such as Ramadan, Eid, Shab-e-Barat, Shab-e-Meraj and Shab-e-Qadr in keeping with dates of such practices in Middle Eastern countries.
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