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 ...

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 ...

Muslims in other countries like the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, the UK, the US, France, and Canada will also attempt to sight the Eid-ul-Adha crescent moon on May 27.