To mark the Holy beginning — Muslims observe Ramazan
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More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark the month, during which believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn until sunset.
The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced on Wednesday that since Ramazan moon had not been sighted, the holy month would begin on Friday.
“No witness testimony regarding moon-sighting was received from across the country,” the committee’s chairman, Mufti Munibur Rehman, said at a press conference after a meeting at the Karachi Met Office.
Meetings of the regional committees were held in provincial capitals and representatives of the committee were present in almost every district.
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Jun 18, 2015 06:54pm
It would also be nice to have pictures from other muslim countries like Kazakhistan, Mali, Bosnia, Mozambique, Azerbaijan.
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Jun 18, 2015 08:51pm
Beautiful photography!
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Jun 18, 2015 09:38pm
@Magister I like your selection of muslim countries.
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Jun 18, 2015 09:51pm
It was very nice seeing Muslims celebrating Ramadan all around the world.
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Jun 19, 2015 03:53am
MashahAllah
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Jun 19, 2015 07:12am
first time i saw these lantern.
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