UAE, SArabia to celebrate Eid on Sunday

DUBAI: According to official moon-sighting committees, Muslims in the UAE and Saudi Arabia will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday as Shawal moon was not sighted on Friday evening here.Earlier it was predicted that Eid Al Fitr would fall on Sunday, August 19.Astronomers had said the crescent moon marking the beginning of the month of Shawwal would rise on Friday 17th August at 7.54pm.As the moonrise takes place 65 minutes after the sunset on that day, it will be impossible to see it because it will... more

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