Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations begin in Gulf

Tuesday, September 30, 2008, (Dubai) Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations started across the Gulf nations on Tuesday following the sighting of the Shawwal crescent of the moon on Monday evening. People thronged mosques across the region on Tuesday, the first day of the month of Shawwal in the Islamic calendar, after the sighting of the moon on Monday marked the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In Abu Dhabi,... [read full story]                    

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