Eid-ul-Fitr to be celebrated on Saturday Hyderabad, Sept 9 (INN): Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the state on Saturday as the new moon was not sighted on Thursday. This was disclosed by a team of noted Islamic Scholars under the aegis of the Central Ruiyat-e-Hilal Committee, Hyderabad Deccan.
The Committee had met at the Hussaini Building, Moazzam Jahi Market on Thursday evening to try and possibly sight the new moon, heralding the arrival of Shawwal, the tenth Month of the Islamic Calendar.
Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Deccan Secretary-General and Muslim Personal Law Board member Moulana Syed Qubul Pasha Shuttari, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Nizamia Moulana Mufti Khaleel Ahmed, Jamia Nizami Head Mufti Mohammed Azeemuddin, Amir-e-Jamia Nizamia Moulana Syed Akbar Nizamuddin, Chairman United Sunni Federation of India Moulana Syed Auliya Hussaini, Moulana Syed Mahmood Pasha Zarinkula.
News Posted: 9 September, 2010
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