DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will start Ramazan on Saturday along with most fellow Gulf Arab states, state media reported on Friday.

Senior religious councils in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates said the moon was sighted after nightfall, signalling the start of Ramazan.

Oman said it would mark the start of Ramazan on Sunday.

Libya earlier announced that Ramazan would begin on Saturday and the state news agency quoted Muammar Qadhafi late on Thursday as suggesting that Muslims should take their cue from ‘Libya’s correct Islam’.

“People in Arab and other Muslim countries are turning to Libya to know when Ramazan begins and ends because Libya is the state that observes the correct Islam without sects,” said Mr Qadhafi.—Reuters