Another year and another moon-sighting controversy beckons within the Muslim community as the end of Ramadan approaches. Astronomers say the crescent ... like Oman and Jordan, often celebrate ...

ALBAWABA - A four-meter lit crescent, one of the ornamental emblems erected across the city to commemorate the holy month of Ramadan, has been stolen, according to Madaba authorities.

In Oman, the Moon-Sighting Committee declared that the crescent moon signalling the start ... Similar announcements were made in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya where religious ...

Oman and Jordan, as well as Shiite-majority Iran, said that Eid al-Fitr would not begin until Monday, March 31, because the crescent moon had yet to be sighted. Egypt and other North African ...

By sunset on March 30, when Pakistan moonsightings will take place, the moon will be 27 hours old so its first slim crescent should be visible. SUPARCO therefore expects that Ramadan will run for ...

Well, so are 2 billion Muslims. Ramadan is now in its last 10 nights. With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon by the end of March, nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide and the roughly ...