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Crescent-Moon Sighting Committee announces Friday first day of Eid
 The Crescent-Moon Sighting Committee on Thursday announced Friday as the first day of Eid el-Fitr. The announcement came after a meeting of the committee, which convened Thursday evening for the sake of ensuring the crescent-moon was officially sighted. As the crescent was duly sighted, therefore the first day of the Eid el-Fitr was set as Friday, a statement by the committee said. Prior to the Kuwaiti announcement, a similar sighting was declared officially in Saudi Arabia, the largest GCC state. Posted by: Seafarious 2007-10-12 |
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