Ramadhan, Wednesday, August 11
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Algiers-The month of Ramadan starts Wednesday, August 11 in several Muslim countries, including Algeria, news agencies reported quoting the religious authorities of these countries.
- Thus, the holy month begins Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon, UAE, Indonesia, Turkey, Malaysia, Egypt, Syria. The holy month of Ramadan will also begin Wednesday for the Muslims of France. The month of fasting will start Thursday in the Sultanate of Oman, where the crescent was not seen, according to ONA news agency. In Iraq, Ramadan begins on Wednesday for the Sunnis and the Shias will begin fasting on Thursday, said the authorities of the two religious faiths. "The Sunni Waqf Higher Committee met Tuesday in Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad and has fixed tomorrow (Wednesday) the first day of Ramadan," said its chairman Abdul Ghafoor Al-Samarrai, in a statement broadcast public television al-Iraqiya. Among the Shiites, who represent the majority of the population of Iraq, Ramadan is expected to begin Thursday, said a spokesman for the office of spiritual leader of this community, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. Ramadhan, which is the ninth lunar month of the Muslim year, is one of the five pillars of Islam, with the shahada, prayer, Zakat and Hajj.
- Ennaharonline/ M. O.
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