Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Families gathered for special prayers followed by feasts and holiday sweets starting Sunday after a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. Muslims typically mark the holiday with family visits and outings, and children get new clothes.
Eid-al-Fitr celebrates the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting and reflection, with joy and renewed responsibility for Muslims around the world.
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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With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon by the end of March, nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide and the less than 1% of Rhode Islanders who are Muslim, according to the Pew Research Center , will celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Muslims pray, kids play and performers entertain at an Eid al-Fitr celebration at Gilbert Regional Park on March 31, 2024, marking the end of Ramadan.
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Relatives mourn 12-year-old Ahmad Abu Teir, who was killed in an Israeli army strike, before his funeral along with seven other Palestinians, including a father, mother, and their three children, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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President Kais Saied exchanges Eid al-Fitr greetings with head of Libya's National Unity GovernmentA phone call took place Wednesday between President Kais Saied and Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Head of Libya's Government of National Unity, during which they exchanged Eid al-Fitr greetings. The call was an opportunity to reaffirm the strong fraternal ties between the two brotherly nations and peoples,
The peak occupancy rates during the Eid al-Fitr holiday occurred on March 31 and April 1, showcasing Bali's prominence as a holiday hotspot. Some of the top hotels in Bali include: The Meru Sanur: Leading the pack with an extraordinary occupancy rate of 98 percent.