{"id":2887,"date":"2020-04-11T18:39:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2020-04-11T18:39:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:39:57","slug":"ramadan-starts-april-24-in-north-america-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/?p=2887","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan Starts April 24 in North America, Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"header box\">\n<h1 class=\"wf name post-title post-main-title\">Ramadan Starts April 24 in North America, Europe<\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"author-details\">\n<div class=\"name\">Muslim News Staff<\/div>\n<div class=\"country\">10 April, 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content-block entry-content\">\n<p>Muslims in North America will welcome the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Friday, April 24, according to astronomical calculations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first day of Ramadan 1441 is on Friday, April 24, 2020, insha\u2019Allah. Taraweeh prayer will start on Thursday night,\u201d reads a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fiqhcouncil.org\/ramadan-shawwal-1440-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement\u00a0<\/a>from the Fiqh Council of North America (<a href=\"http:\/\/fiqhcouncil.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">FCNA<\/a>) obtained by AboutIslam.net.<\/p>\n<article class=\"featured-post-box right equal shadow reading-islam post-article post preview box\">\n<div class=\"box\">\n<figure class=\"display_category img box\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-posts size-featured-posts wp-post-image\" title=\"Ramadan Starts April 24 in North America, Europe - About Islam\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutislam.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Waht-is-Ramadan.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aboutislam.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Waht-is-Ramadan.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/aboutislam.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Waht-is-Ramadan-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aboutislam.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Waht-is-Ramadan-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" alt=\"Ramadan Starts April 24 in North America, Europe - About Islam\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/figure>\n<header class=\"header box\">\n<div class=\"wrap box\">\n<h4 class=\"post-title\">What is Ramadan?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>The Muslim body said the Ramadan moon would be born on April 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Astronomical New Moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020, at 2:27 Universal Time. On that day, everywhere in North and South America at sunset, the elongation is at least 8 degrees and the moon is at least 5 degrees above the sun,\u201d FCNA statement added.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>FCNA uses the criteria of the European Council of Fatwa and Research (ECFR), which are that somewhere on the globe, at the sunset, the elongation should be at least 8 degrees and moon should be at least 5 degrees above the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>If these conditions are met, the new crescent will be visible somewhere on earth. Hence the new lunar month will start the next day, otherwise, it will start on the day following the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan\u00a0is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n<p>In Ramadan, adult Muslims, save the sick and those traveling, abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex between dawn and sunset.<\/p>\n<p>Muslims dedicate their time during the holy month to be closer to Allah through prayers, self-restraint, and good deeds.<\/p>\n<p>It is customary for Muslims to spend part of the days during Ramadan studying the Noble Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n<p>Many men perform i`tikaf (spiritual retreat), spending the last 10 days of the month exclusively in the mosque.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan Starts April 24 in North America, Europe Muslim News Staff 10 April, 2020 Muslims in North America will welcome the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Friday, April 24, according to astronomical calculations.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1,4],"tags":[280],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ramadhan","category-general-topics","category-about-islam","tag-ramadan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2889,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions\/2889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}