For the first time in 6 years, Arab and Islamic countries start fasting Ramadan on one day, except for a country

Written By رنا السيلاوي on 2023/03/24

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - In an incident that is the first in about 6 years, and is repeated for the second time in more than a quarter of a century, all Arab and Islamic countries began this year the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan on Thursday corresponding to March 23, 2023, for the Hijri year 1444, according to what the astronomer revealed. Muhammad Shawkat Odeh, Director of the International Astronomy Center, through his official account on the social networking platform Twitter.

 

Odeh explained that during his work monitoring the sighting of the crescent and the beginnings of the Hijri months, respectively, it became clear that the Arab and Islamic countries began fasting on the first day of Ramadan on Thursday, March 23, which is happening for the first time in 6 years, but Bangladesh is the only country that violates this event for reasons. Logical, as he described it, and therefore the first day of Ramadan for the state of Bangladesh fell on Friday, March 24, next to the state of India.

 

Crescent conditions helped unite the nation

The International Astronomy Center stated that the conditions of the crescent had already helped to unite the nation so that the date of fasting on the first day of Ramadan would coincide today, Thursday, in most Arab and Islamic countries, as it was impossible to see last Tuesday evening, and therefore seeing the crescent on Wednesday evening was possible in most parts of the Arab and Islamic world, and among Those countries: "Jordan - Emirates - Bahrain - Algeria - Sudan - Somalia - Iraq - Kuwait - Morocco - Saudi Arabia - Niger - Yemen - Indonesia - Iran - Pakistan - Brunei - Turkey - Tanzania - Tunisia - Djibouti - Syria - Oman - Palestine - Qatar - Lebanon - Libya - Malaysia - Egypt - Mauritania - Nigeria.

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We thank God Almighty for reaching the holy month, and we ask Him to help us to fast, pray, and do all acts of worship

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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