Muslim fasting continuse on Tuesday 5, 2016. early the Federal Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday as public holidays for the Sallah celebration. This comes after the Gulf Arab countries announced that the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of holy month of Ramadan, will be celebrated on July 6.
The official news agencies of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait quoted religious authorities as saying on
Monday that the annual feast will begin on Wednesday after failing to
sight the moon that marks the start of the three-day festival.
The starting day of Eid varies every year and from country to country depending on geographical location.
Eid al-Fitr means "festival of breaking the fast" and marks the end
of the fasting month of Ramadan. It is an official holiday in all
Muslim-majority countries.
Yemen, Indonesia, and the Philippines are also among the countries which announced Wednesday as the first day of Eid.
Muslims Fasting Continues On Tuesday as Saudi Arabia declares Wednesday for Eid al-Fitr
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