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Image used for illustrative purpose. A member of Pakistan's moon sighting committee uses a telescope to look for the new moon that will mark the start of Ramadan, from Pakistan's Meteorological Department (PMD) building in Karachi June 28, 2014. In Pakistan, the first fasting day of Ramadan is likely to fall on Monday, PMD said, as the new moon was not sighted in any of four provinces of the country on Saturday. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
ABU DHABI - Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice, has issued a decision setting up a moon-sighting committee to detect the beginning of the month of Shawwal, which will mark the end of Ramadan and start of Eid al-Fitr.
The committee will hold a virtual meeting under the chairmanship of the Justice Minister along with a number of senior officials, after Maghrib prayer on Friday, 22nd May (29th Ramadan 1441 H).
The virtual meeting will be carried out in line with the precautionary measures set by the UAE to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
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