Shaped by politics, Iraq marks Ramadan on two different days ...Kuwait

As the Sunni and Kurdish communities in Iraq mark the start of Ramadan today, 11 March, Iraq's Shia community, including those in neighbouring Iran, will begin fasting the following day. The Kurdistan Regional Government (">KRG) Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs and the Diwan of Sunni Endowments announced Monday as the first day of Ramadan, saying the crescent moon was spotted on Sunday night. However, the office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest Shia authority in Iraq, published a calendar in which Tuesday has been identified as the beginning of Ramadan.   Officials claim to have spotted the crescent moon Sunday night in Saudi Arabia, home to th

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