Date: July 24, 2011
Astronomical calculations show that to see the moons on the first Monday of August is the next lunar month of Ramadan in most Muslim countries.
The return of Mohamed Shawkat, head of the project to monitor the Islamic crescent that astronomical calculations show that most Islamic countries based sighting condition for the start of the lunar month.
He noted that for the crescent of Ramadan in some Muslim nations will be on Saturday 29 th August in those countries, including Gulf states, except the Sultanate of Oman and the Levant and Egypt.
