Most Muslims Celebrate "Eid Al-Fitr" Thursday
CAIRO, November 3, 2005 - The sweeping majority of Muslims world-wide will celebrate `Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on Thursday, November 3.
Egypt`s Mufti Ali Gomaa announced that Wednesday will be the last day of the dawn-to-dusk fasting month, and that `Eid Al-Fitr will fall on Thursday.
In Riyadh, the Saudi Judiciary Council announced that the new moon of Shawwal has not be sighted which means Ramadan will end Wednesday.
Following suit, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Algeria, Sudan and Tunisia announced that the Muslim feast will fall on Thursday.
In Beirut, Dar al-Iftaa [the Sunni fatwa authority) said the new moon has not been sighted and Ramadan will end Wednesday.
Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, the Shiite religious authority in Lebanon, had announced earlier that `Eid Al-Fitr will fall Thursday.
The Association of Muslim Scholars, the highest Sunni religious authority in Iraq, and the Sunni religious endowment authority announced Tuesday that Wednesday will be the last day of the holy fasting month.
`Eid in Europe
Turkey said that Wednesday will be the last day of Ramadan and `Eid Al-Fitr will begin on Thursday.
The Muslim minority in France will celebrate the Muslim feast on Thursday, according to the French Council for the Muslim Religion (CFCM).
The Muslim Council of Britain, the leading representative body of the minority, said the Muslim feast will fall on Thursday in the European country.
The Shura Mosque in Vienna, one of the main reference authorities for the Muslim minority in Austria, announced that Wednesday will be the last day of Ramadan.
In Slovakia, the Islamic Awqafs (endowment) society announced that `Eid Al-Fitr will begin on Thursday.
The German Muslim Committee for Moon Sighting announced Tuesday that the new moon of Shawwal has not be sighted and Ramadan will end Wednesday.
In Belgium, the Muslim minority representative body said Muslims in the European country will celebrate `Eid Al-Fitr on Thursday.
A member of the Council of Muftis in Russia said the Muslim feast will fall on Thursday.
In Albania, the Islamic Sheikdom announced that Wednesday will be the last day of the dawn-to-dusk fasting month.
The Federation of Social Organizations (ARRAID), the Muslim umbrella body in Ukraine, said the new moon has not been sighted and Ramadan will end Wednesday.
Also, the leader of the Muslim minority in Tatarstan announced that `Eid Al-Fitr will be celebrated on Thursday.
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