Muslims will begin fasting today (Saturday 27).
The Colombo Grand Mosque announced last evening that new moon was cited at Nilaveli, Trincomalee.
The decision was taken at a meeting attended byAll Ceylon Jammiyyathul Ulema (the Supreme Council of Muslim Theologians of Sri Lanka)
President M.I.M. Rizvi Mufhti, Colombo Grand Mosque Madeenathul ILM Arabic College Principal Moulavi A.W.M. Riyal, Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Department Assistant Director Anver Ali, Colombo Grand Mosque President Nadvi Bahudeen, Moulavi Abdul Hameed, trustees and khatheebs of mosques in Colombo and the suburbs last evening at the Colombo Grand Mosque.