Eid Al-Fitr Thursday in 15 Arab countries | News from the Islamic world

On Tuesday, 15 Arab countries announced that Thursday was the first day of Eid al-Fitr, according to official data.

The Saudi Royal Court clarified that Wednesday is the complement of the month of Ramadan (it started on April 13) and that Thursday is the first day of Eid al-Fitr (the first of Shawwal, corresponding to May 13 of this year). year).

The Awqaf ministries in Qatar and Yemen also announced that Thursday is the first day of Eid, as well as the mufti of Palestine Muhammad Hussein, his Jordanian counterpart Abdul Karim al-Khasawneh, as well as Sultan bin Al Dhaheri, minister. UAE Justice and Head of the Shawwal Hilal Investigative Committee.

The same was also announced: Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam, Islamic Fiqh Academy in Sudan (official), Kuwait Council of Sharia Vision, Bahrain Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (official ) and the Jurisprudential Scientific Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Syrian regime endowments.

In turn, the Sunni Endowment Office in Iraq announced that Thursday was the first day of Eid al-Fitr, and Iraq’s Shiites would have to wait for Shawwal’s crescent of the month on Wednesday evening.

For his part, the Mufti of Tunisia, Othman Batikh, announced in a televised speech that Thursday was the first day of Eid, and the same was announced by the Mufti of the Lebanese Republic, Abdel Latif Derian in a statement. , and Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani, the mufti of Libya, announced the same in a televised statement.

And in the Arab world, until 8:00 p.m. GMT, no official statement was released regarding Eid al-Fitr from 7 countries: Somalia, Mauritania, Djibouti, Comoros, Sultanate of Oman, Algeria and Morocco.

For the second year in a row, Eid al-Fitr will come in light of the continuing Corona pandemic and the strict precautionary measures imposed by some countries for performing the Eid prayer.

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