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: Saudi Arabia starts Ramadan July 10, 2013

Saudi Arabia has announced that Ramadan this year will start on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. This is a news from fatwa-online.com citing the Official Decision and Announcement of High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia. Below is the excerpt from the website: …since the moon of Ramadhaan was not sighted this evening, here in Saudi Arabia, … Read more

Photo of Crescent Moon for Sha’ban 1434 AH

Crescent moon for Sha'ban 1434 AH.

On the evening of Sunday, 9 June 2013, several people had reported the sighting of the new crescent moon (hilal). No sighting was reported for Saturday, the day before. From Libya, Muhammad Odeh and his colleagues succeded in obtaining CCD image of the crescent moon for Sha’ban by daylight observation as well as evening observation. … Read more