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Saudi, UAE Announce Monday Eid ul-Fitri Day, Fail To Sight Moon

ADEOLA YUSUF

Shawwal moon signifying Eid ul-Fitri was not sighted in Saudi Arabia. Ramadan will be of 30 days in the Kingdom ditto UAE The moon sighting authorities of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) did not sight the Shawwal crescent on Saturday, and as a result, the countries will mark Eid ul Fitr on Monday. Platforms Africa reports that this was announced through the verified official Twitter account of Haramain. “The Crescent of Shawaal 1443 was NOT SEEN today, subsequently, the month of Ramadan will complete 30 days tomorrow…

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Thursday is Eid-el-Fitr, Saudi, Sultan make unanimous announcement

Aliyu Aliyu

How efforts to sight the moon yielded no results goobally + 10 Things You Should Do to Celebrate Eid-el-Fitri    The Kingdim of Saudi Arabia and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) – under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, have unanimously declared that there was no proven report of the sighting of the crescent of Shawwal, 1442 AH on the 29th of Ramadan, 1442 AH. The duo is separate statements declared Thursday, May 13, as the day of Eid. Sultan…

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