Moonsighting
In Islam, the start of a new Islamic (Hijri) month is determined by the sighting of the crescent at the sunset of the twenty-ninth day of the preceding Hijri month, according to Amir Hussein Hassan, professor in the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, in comments to Egypt Today.
In Islam, the start of a new Islamic (Hijri) month is determined by the sighting of the crescent at the sunset of the twenty-ninth day of the preceding Hijri month, according to Amir Hussein Hassan, professor in the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, in comments to Egypt Today.
Egypt has assigned 10 moon sighting committees to observe Shawwal crescent on Monday from different parts across the country.
