Hyderabad: The Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on August 12 (Monday) as the crescent for Zil Hajj was sighted on Friday.
This was announced by a team of noted Islamic Scholars under the aegis of the Central Ruiyat-e-Hilal Committee – Hyderabad Deccan. Therefore, Saturday will be the 1st of Zil Hajj, the 12th month and final month in the Islamic calendar and Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on August 12.
The meeting, chaired by Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Deccan Secretary-General Moulana Syed Qubul Pasha Shuttari, and was attended by prominent clerics including Moulana Mufi Khaleel Ahmed, Moulana Hasan Ibrahim Hussaini, Moulana Syed Mahmood Pasha Quadri Zarikula and others.
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