RIYADH: Shawwal crescent moon not sighted in Saudi Arabia, Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Thursday, May 13.
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court had called Muslims in UAE, Qatar, and other Arab states to sight the crescent moon on Tuesday evening, to mark the beginning of Eid-ul-Fitr and the end of Ramadan 2021.
Saudi Gazette on its twitter handler announced “The Shawwal crescent moon has not been sighted in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, meaning that Ramadan will last 30 days this year and Eid Al-Fitr will fall on Thursday, May 13”.