In pictures: Large parts of Muslim world mark end of the fasting month of Ramadan and usher in the holiday of Eid al Fitr
Large parts of the Muslim world have marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at sundown and ushered in the holiday of Eid al Fitr, but the festivities were overshadowed by raging battles for control of Sudan and a deadly stampede in Yemen in which more than 80 people trying to collect aid were killed.
The timing of Eid al Fitr is determined by the sighting of the crescent Moon, in accordance with the Muslim lunar calendar.Authorities in Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Palestine, and Sudan also announced Eid al Fitr will start on Friday. Statements from Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iraq's highest Shia authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, said Eid would start on Saturday in their countries.
However, the country's religious affairs minister had announced on Thursday that the start of the holiday would fall on Saturday.Women shop at a market ahead of Eid al Fitr in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The daytime fasting month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam.
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