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

But why did the Crescent Moon become the symbol of Islam? You find it on the flag of Pakistan. Many believe it has to do with ancient Mesopotamians, who were timekeepers, and so worshipped the moon.

Muharram is what marks the start of Islamic New Year. The date of Muharram is determined by sighting of crescent moon in the ...

Q: What does a typical day look like for a Muslim during Ramadan ... Q: Why are there crescent moon and lantern symbols in decorations for Ramadan? A: The crescent moon symbols represent what ...

The Islamic calendar is governed by the movements of the moon, meaning that each month starts with a new lunar cycle, marked by the "birth" of a new crescent moon. As it is based on the lunar ...

But what unites all Muslims is the observance of the new crescent moon in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, where Islam was first established by the prophet ...

On Friday (April 21), the broadcaster celebrated the end of Ramadan with Britain’s Muslim community through ... letter ‘i’ in its name with a crescent moon to symbolize the start of Eid ...

With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon by the end of March, nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide and the roughly 1% of Ohioans who are Muslim will celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of ...