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Imam Shaykh Mu­naf Mo­hammed has ex­plained why some Mus­lims have cho­sen to cel­e­brate Eid on Fri­day and oth­ers on Sat­ur­day.

Mo­hammed said wher­ev­er the moon is sight­ed first in the world in­di­cates that Ra­madan was over. He said, "We be­lieve that as long as the cres­cent is be­ing sight­ed, re­gard­less of where it is sight­ed, that we will ac­cept it as long as it is a re­li­able source, and we have con­fi­dence in it.

How­ev­er, there are some peo­ple who feel that they have to see it for them­selves and this, hence the rea­son, many peo­ple will be ob­serv­ing their fast to­mor­row, just sim­ply be­cause they did not see it for them­selves.  But we have the tech­nol­o­gy to­day, and in­for­ma­tion can in­stan­ta­neous­ly. You know, it was sight­ed, and we have ac­cept­ed that, and that's hence the rea­son we are cel­e­brat­ing Eid to­day, like many oth­er Mus­lims, mil­lions of Mus­lims through­out the world, they are cel­e­brat­ing Eid to­day."