(CNN) — Each time a robotic explorer launches from Earth, it faces innumerable challenges — any of which could cut the mission short. California-based asteroid mining company AstroForge shared ...

Ramadan 2025: Sighting the moon phase is important. Here's when the crescent moon is likely to be sighted in India and Saudi Arabia. Ramadan 2025: Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar ...

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has called on Muslims to sight the crescent moon of Ramadan on the evening of Friday, February 28. The date corresponds with the 29th of Shaaban 1446 in the Islamic ...

The UAE Council for Fatwa has called on all members of the community, both UAE citizens and residents, to watch for the crescent moon of Ramadan 1446 AH. Read- When is Ramadan 2025? According to a ...

The United Arab Emirates has called for moon sightings ahead of the start of Ramadan. The UAE Council for Fatwa called on the entire population of Dubai and the other emirates to watch out for the ...

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, where Islam was first established by the prophet ...

Doha, Qatar: The Crescent Sighting Committee at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs called on all Muslims in the State of Qatar to investigate the sighting of the crescent moon of the holy ...

The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Saturday, March 1, following the sighting of the crescent by the moon-sighting committee in Saudi Arabia. Other ...

The UAE Council for Fatwa has called on all members of the community, both UAE citizens and residents, to watch for the crescent moon of Ramadan 1446 AH on the evening of Friday, 29 Sha'ban 1446 AH, ...

As the sun sets on February 28, Muslims worldwide will look towards the western horizon, awaiting the sight of the crescent moon. The Islamic lunar calendar, unlike the solar-based Gregorian calendar, ...

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