This moon sighting process not only sets the Islamic calendar in motion but also unites Muslim communities in a shared moment ...

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic, or Hijri, calendar. Muslims believe that God revealed the first verses of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel during Ramadan.

Eid al-Fitr is the first of two celebratory days in the Islamic calendar, both observed every year. Though the holiday is marked on one day, some will celebrate this festival for as long as three ...

More than 1.6 billion Muslims around the world follow the Islamic calendar in some form, meaning key dates, such as New Year’s Day, are marked at different times to the rest of the world ...

Eid al-Adha celebrates the completion of Hajj, which is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca and the neighboring holy grounds. Hajj is the fifth and final pillar of Islam; the other four ...

The text would become the religious guide for Muslims. Falling in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, the appearance of the crescent moon denotes the start of Ramadan. Mosques are filled with ...

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, where Islam was first established by the prophet ...

Every year, Muslims around the world anticipate the sighting of the new crescent moon that signifies the official first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most sacred ...

The Saudi Supreme Court called on all Muslims across the Kingdom to sight the crescent moon of Dhul Hijjah on the evening of ...

Every year, Eid Al Adha moves around the calendar and begins on a different day. While longtime UAE residents know the reason behind those shifts in dates, many people are confused about how the ...

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic, or Hijri, calendar. Muslims believe that God revealed the first verses of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel during Ramadan.