Eid al-Fitr: Bangsamoro Darul Ifta says it falls on April 10, Wednesday

Sheila Mae Dela Cruz - @inquirerdotnet 04/10/2024

COTABATO CITY — Eid al-Fitr, which marks the conclusion of the sacred month of Ramadan, will fall on Wednesday, April 10. This was confirmed by the Bangsamoro Darul Ifta on Tuesday night. The sighting of the moon…

Fasting and funerals: Violence darkens West Bank Ramadan

Agence France Presse 03/22/2024

Normally festive Ramadan nights have become rife with danger in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said hospital director Wisam Bakr, as surging violence casts a long shadow over the Muslim fasting month. His hospital in the northern West…

Why do Muslims fast during Ramadan

Charen Alegres 03/13/2024

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is highly revered by Muslims as a period of fasting and as one of their holiest months. It starts and ends with the sighting of the crescent moon. On…

Ramadan: Muslims start 30-day fasting

Edwin Fernandez, Taher Solaiman 03/13/2024

COTABATO CITY—The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) here celebrates the holy month of Ramadan, as its compound is beautifully lit up as practiced starting Tuesday evening. In Marawi City, the Mindanao State University added to…

Ramadan brings no relief as Israel-Hamas war rages in Gaza

Agence France Presse 03/12/2024

The first day of Ramadan on Monday arrived like others for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza: stalked by famine and disease, shivering in tents and threatened by bombs more than five months into fighting between Israel and Hamas…

Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war

Reuters 03/11/2024

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza — Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in a sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to…

What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?

03/09/2024

CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of increased…

Gaza truce: Hopes dim for ceasefire before Ramadan as war enters sixth month

Agence France Presse 03/08/2024

Hopes dimmed on Thursday for a truce before Ramadan in the Israel-Hamas war that entered its sixth month with dozens more killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. The ministry said 83…

More than 1,800 Cebu Muslims celebrate Eid’l Fitr in Plaza Independencia

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/22/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — More than 1,800 Muslims from all over Cebu gathered at the Plaza Independencia in Cebu City, on Saturday, April 22, 2023, for the centralized Eid’l Fitr or Feast of Ramadan. Their prayer for…

3,000 Muslims in Mandaue to celebrate Eid’l Fitr on Saturday — OMA exec

Mary Rose Sagarino 04/21/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — About 3,000 Muslims in Mandaue City will celebrate the Eid’l Fitr on Saturday, April 22. Pabay Mangotara, executive director of the city’s Local Office of Muslims Affairs, said that on Saturday morning, they…

April 21 still a holiday, says DOLE-7

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/21/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—April 21, 2023, Friday, remains a regular holiday in the country, in observance of Eid’l Fitr or the Feast of Ramadan. Department of Labor and Employment in Central Visayas (DOLE-7) information officer Luchel Taniza told…

Eid’l Fitr will be celebrated on April 22 — Office of Muslim Affairs of Cebu City

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Eid’l Fitr, or the commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan, will be celebrated on Saturday, April 22, 2023.  This was announced on the official Facebook page of the Office…

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