Every year, Eid Al Fitr moves around the calendar and begins on a different day. While longtime UAE residents know the reason behind those shifts in dates, many people are confused about how the ...

More than 1.6 billion Muslims around the world follow the Islamic calendar in some form, meaning key dates, such as New Year’s Day, are marked at different times to the rest of the world ...

Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar, begins at sunset on Friday for Muslims around the world. During this month, Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset and ...

According to Al Jazeera, Ramadan is determined by the Islamic lunar calendar, also known as the Hijri calendar, which is based on the phases of the moon. Here’s how Ramadan is determined ...