Jordan to mark Eid Al Fitr Monday

AMMAN — Eid Al Fitr will begin on Monday, March 31, corresponding to the 1st of Shawwal, 1446, the Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, Ahmad Hassant announced on Saturday. 

Hasanat indicated, during a religious moon sighting ceremony in Amman, that  Monday marks the first day of Shawwal.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, and Palestine announced that Eid Al Fitr will begin on Sunday, while Oman, Syria and Iraq’s Sunni council announced that Monday is the first day of Eid Al Fitr.