Muslims around world celebrate Eid al-Fitr
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In Gaza, this will be the second Eid al-Fitr since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
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The Howard County Board of Education apologized to the district’s Muslim community this week for “communication failures” when deciding to schedule March 31 — the holiday Eid al-Fitr — as a full school day.
The exact date of Eid al-Fitr depends on the sighting of the crescent moon, a practice that determines the beginning of the Islamic month of Shawwal. Consequently, Eid is expected to fall on either Sunday, March 30, or Monday, March 31.
With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon by the end of March, nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide and the roughly 1% of Ohioans who are Muslim will celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of ...
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A suspect has been charged with a federal hate crime after allegedly breaking into and destroying property at Rutgers University’s Center for Islamic Life.
A 15-year-old was wounded in a shooting during an Eid al-Fitr celebration on Temple University's campus in North Philadelphia.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the total number of passengers using public transport, taxis, and shared mobility services during the Eid Al-Fitr holiday (from March 30 to April 1) reached 6.39m. The Dubai Metro, operating across both the Red and Green Lines, transported 2.428 million riders.