The Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Tuesday as the crescent of Holy Shavval has been sighted on Monday night.
This was announced by a team of noted Islamic scholars under the aegis of the Central Ruiyat-e-Hilal Committee - Hyderabad Deccan.
The Committee which met at the Hussaini Building at Moazzam Jahi Market on Monday evening, made the announcement after getting a confirmation from all the districts and neighbouring States that the crescent has been sighted. Therefore, the Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Deccan Secretary-General and Muslim Personal Law Board member Moulana Syed Qubul Pasha Shuttari, and others religious scholars including Mufti Khaleel Ahmed, Mufti Azeemuddin and Moulana Syed Sajjad Hussaini. (INN)