Eid in Saudi Arabia today

Published July 17, 2015
—Reuters/File
—Reuters/File

KARACHI: The Shawwal moon was sighted in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar on Thursday and Eidul Fitr will be celebrated in the countries on Friday.

In Oman, the moon was not sighted. Hence Eid will fall on Saturday.

In the United States, too, Eid will be celebrated on Friday, according to the Fiqh Council of North America.

According to TV news chan­nels, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Indo­nesia, Germany, Malaysia, Japan and Philippines will also celebrate the festival on Friday.

Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Opinion

Editorial

Football elections
17 Nov, 2024

Football elections

PAKISTAN football enters the most crucial juncture of its ‘normalisation’ era next week, when an Extraordinary...
IMF’s concern
17 Nov, 2024

IMF’s concern

ON Friday, the IMF team wrapped up its weeklong unscheduled talks on the Fund’s ongoing $7bn programme with the...
‘Un-Islamic’ VPNs
Updated 17 Nov, 2024

‘Un-Islamic’ VPNs

If curbing pornography is really the country’s foremost concern while it stumbles from one crisis to the next, there must be better ways to do so.
Agriculture tax
Updated 16 Nov, 2024

Agriculture tax

Amendments made in Punjab's agri income tax law are crucial to make the system equitable.
Genocidal violence
16 Nov, 2024

Genocidal violence

A RECENTLY released UN report confirms what many around the world already know: that Israel has been using genocidal...
Breathless Punjab
16 Nov, 2024

Breathless Punjab

PUNJAB’s smog crisis has effectively spiralled out of control, with air quality readings shattering all past...