The practice of sighting the new moon, or hilal, to determine the start of the Ramadan fasting month, as carried out by ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 (Bernama) -- The practice of sighting the new moon or hilal to determine the start of the Ramadan fasting month, as carried out by Malaysia, has now become a reference at the ...

The New Crescent Society, which is organizing the Greenwich event with the Royal Observatory, is hoping moon sighting will become fully established in Britain and be used by mosques.

Ramadan’s start date may differ from country to country because of the following: Crescent visibility varies geographically. Jurisprudential schools differ in interpretation. Some rely on local ...

Several countries including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Morocco, and Mauritania are set to search for the Ramadan crescent on Wednesday (February 18), as Tuesday (February 17) marks only the 28th day ...