PETALING JAYA: The announcement of May 2 as the first day of Syawal was because the new moon was sighted, says Federal Territory Mufti Datuk Dr Luqman Abdullah (pic).
He said the sighting was at one out of 29 lunar observation locations in Malaysia, adding that this year is is different from the usual because the new moon was sighted at one of the gazetted locations.
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