Ramzan returns to the summer months after nearly a decade, bringing longer fasting hours and intense heat for observers. As ...

Muslims in Indonesia are shopping for sweets and new clothes and taking part in traditional festivities as millions mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, set to begin Saturday.

Amid fragile ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon and shifting dynamics for Iran, Syria and others, the region is preparing for the ...

Deep in the Saudi Arabian desert, a group of robed men are peering into the sky, trying to spot the crescent moon that ...

The Muslim holiday of Ramadan starts tonight, Feb. 28, and lasts until March 29. The monthlong observance of Ramadan is a period of introspection, communal prayer and reading the Qurʾān. According to ...

Officials prepare a telescope to scan the horizon for a crescent moon that will determine the beginning of the holy fasting ...

The crescent moon has a famously lofty place in Arab and Islamic culture. A symbol of transformation, it signals the ...

February ends with a treat for sky-gazers: a parade of seven planets across the night sky, including Mercury, Uranus and ...

The start of Ramzan in India is delayed due to the non-sighting of the crescent moon amid cloudy weather across various states. The holy month will begin on March 2, as confirmed by religious leaders.

Official Ramadan events will be held by dozens of towns. Here's where and how Muslim communities won the embrace of their ...