This will apply to countries of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Because Islam follows a lunar calendar, Ramadan begins each year about 11 days earlier; its start is traditionally determined by the appearance of the new moon.
After the crescent was failed to be spotted on Thursday night, the first possible sighting, it was expected on Friday, with fasting to begin at daybreak on Saturday.
Muslims in Libya, as well Shiite Muslims in Lebanon, who had determined the lunar month according to astronomical calculations, had begun their fasting on Friday, August 21, 2009.
Ramadan Kareem
Ramadan Mubarak
Hilal Sighting Committee in India
