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- India is set to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr on Tuesday as Ramadan fasting was extended for another day with the crescent moon not sighted on Sunday evening. In many parts of the world, Eid – one of the most important Islamic festivals – is being celebrated on Monday.
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Children hold balloons while attending mass prayers at the Sunda Kelapa port during Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia on Monday.(REUTERS)
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The ninth month in the Islamic Lunar Calendar is Ramadan and the tenth is Shawwal whose first day is marked as the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr across the world and Muslims across the world are gearing up to sight the crescent moon tonight, to welcome the month of Shawwal with Eid-ul-Fitr or Eid-al-Fitr celebrations. Shawwal translation means, ‘festival of breaking of the fast.’(Images from Bamako’s Magnabougou neighbourhood on Sunday. AFP)
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A Palestinian youth swirls fireworks in Gaza City on Monday on the eve of Eid al-Fitr. Saudi Arabia Supreme Court and the moon sighting committees in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Muscat, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and other Arab states have already announced that Muslims in these countries will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday.(AFP)
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Muslims offer an Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Lekamba mosque in western Sydney on Monday to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Since the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and European countries rely on the moon announcement by the Saudi Arabia Royal Court, Muslims there will also mark Eid celebrations with the Gulf states.(AFP)
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People light flare and firecrackers as they celebrate the eve of Eid al-Fitr in a street in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday.(AP)
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People gather for Eid al-Fitr prayers which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at Baiturrahman grand mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Monday.(AFP)
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India is set to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr on Tuesday as Ramadan fasting was extended for another day with the crescent moon not sighted on Sunday evening.(REUTERS)
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People gather at a market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in the old quarter of Delhi on Sunday.(REUTERS)
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Shoppers walk through a market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday. Shoppers prepare for upcoming Eid al-Fitr celebrations, also known as Hari Raya in Malaysia, after a month of fasting. (Bloomberg)
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