[Mhiz Rebecca]

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia, Indonesia and the
United Arab Emirates have announced an end to this
year’s Ramadan Fast, TV station, Aljazeera, is
reporting.
The countries have therefore fixed Sunday as the first
day of Eid-el-Fitr 1438, the report said.
Eid al-Fitr is usually commemorated marks the end of
the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The report added, “Turkey and Muslim communities in
North America, Europe and Australia had previously
announced they would celebrate Eid al-Fitr from
Sunday June 25 based on astronomical calculations.
“Oman, however, has not sighted the moon, and thus
declared Monday June 26 as the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
“Bangladesh, Pakistan, India will be sighting the moon
on Sunday. These countries started Ramadan on May
28 and so Sunday will be the 29th of Ramadan for
them.”
All the countries who have confirmed Sunday as Eid-el-
Fitr are Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Iraq (Sunnis),
Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, Lebanon, Malaysia, UAE, UK, United
States and Yemen.
Nigeria is yet to announce the sighting of the moon.