SUNDAY 29th, JUNE IS THE FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN -- SAYS SAUDI ARABIA AUTHORITY!

Saudi Arabia has announced that the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will be Sunday June 29 after failure to sight the new crescent moon on Friday.

Khaled al-Zaaq, member of the Arab Union for Space Sciences and Astronomy, had said that “it will simply not be possible to sight the crescent on Friday because on that day the moon will completely disappear from the skies before sunset.”

Zaaq, who is also a member of the Islamic project to sight the moon, said in most regions of the Kingdom, the moon will disappear on Friday before sunset.

During Ramadan, Muslims fast from food from dawn to dusk and strive to be more pious and charitable. They are also required to abstain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sex.

The fast is one of the five main religious obligations under Islam.

SOURCE: www.alarabiya.net

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