Traditionally, it's the sighting of the first crescent moon after the new moon that begins every new month in the Islamic Hijri calendar. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the month of Ramadan and the ...
Found in the collectio (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images) The 30-day Islamic festival of Ramadan begins with the first sighting of the super-slim crescent Moon over Mecca ...
The end of Ramadan is marked by ... to announce the arrival of the new Moon. There are also those who mark the new month only after personally seeing a crescent Moon in the sky.