To mark the Holy beginning — Muslims observe Ramazan
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June 18, 2015
























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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Magister
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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Vaibhav
Jun 18, 2015 08:51pm
Beautiful photography!
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Good Pakistani Girl
Jun 18, 2015 09:38pm
@Magister I like your selection of muslim countries.
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Mityas Shah
Jun 18, 2015 09:51pm
It was very nice seeing Muslims celebrating Ramadan all around the world.
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DAANISH
Jun 19, 2015 03:53am
MashahAllah
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saad
Jun 19, 2015 07:12am
first time i saw these lantern.
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