Names of Hijri Year during the Prophet’s Time

After the emerging and spreading of Islam through the efforts of the Prophet -may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him-, the qamaria year was established with the beginning of the year started by the month Muharram and ended with the month Dzulhijja. But the the beginning of the year and the counting of … Read more

Saudi Celebrate Eid ul Fitr Thursday, 8 August 2013

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Supreme Court announces tomorrow as blessed Eid Al-Fitr Riyadh, Ramadan 29, 1434, Aug 7, 2013, SPA — Upon testimonies of a number of adult witnesses who confirmed to have seen the new moon of Shawal after sunset this evening, the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced, following an extraordinary session to consider … Read more

Saudi Supreme Court: Wednesday is 29th Ramadhan 1434 AH

After a call to sight the crescent moon on the evening of Tuesday, 6th August 2013, the Saudi Supreme Court has decided that Wednesday is still the 29th of Ramadan due to no report of hilal sighting in the country. They still ask for people to search for crescent moon this Wednesday evening to determine … Read more

Photos of Crescent Moons of Ramadhan 1434 AH

There was one report of hilal (crescent moon) sightings from  Tahiti, French Polynesia on the evening of Monday, 8 July 2013. Below is the report as cited by ICOP: Mr. Hussein Farhat said: “On Monday, 8th July 2013 the moon was seen and photograhed in Tahiti, French Polynesia. This Photograph was taken on 08-07-2013, at … Read more

Official 1st Day of Ramadhan 1434

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Official 1st Day of Ramadan in Different Countries Tuesday, 9 July 2013: Bosnia and Hercegovina (Follow Turkey) China (Following MeccaCalendar.org) Cosovo (Follow Turkey) Croatia (Follow Turkey) France (UOIF – Union des Organizations Islamiques de France [Union of the Islamic Organizations of France]) Luxembourg – European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) Macedonia (Follow Turkey) Maldives … Read more