{"id":1086,"date":"2015-06-18T04:02:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T04:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1086-thursday-first-of-ramadan-in-most-arab-states\/"},"modified":"2015-06-18T04:02:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T04:02:02","slug":"thursday-first-of-ramadan-in-most-arab-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1086-thursday-first-of-ramadan-in-most-arab-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, first of Ramadan in most Arab states"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 11.8559999465942px;\">in the majority of Arab countries\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 11.8559999465942px;\">Ramadan will begin on Thursday, June 18<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">The holy month of Ramadan will begin on Thursday, June 18, in the majority of Arab countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Countries like the Iraq United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait and Egypt have announced Wednesday to the last day of Sha\u2019aban and Thursday the first day of Ramadan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">People in Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkey will also start fasting on the first day of Ramadan tomorrow.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><br \/> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt;\">Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. 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