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Saudi Arabia Urges Sighting of Shawwal Crescent Moon on Monday Evening

General view of Muslims performing evening prayers at the Grand Mosque on the eve of 27th Ramadan, during the holy month of Ramadan, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, April 5, 2024. (SPA)
General view of Muslims performing evening prayers at the Grand Mosque on the eve of 27th Ramadan, during the holy month of Ramadan, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, April 5, 2024. (SPA)
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Saudi Arabia Urges Sighting of Shawwal Crescent Moon on Monday Evening

General view of Muslims performing evening prayers at the Grand Mosque on the eve of 27th Ramadan, during the holy month of Ramadan, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, April 5, 2024. (SPA)
General view of Muslims performing evening prayers at the Grand Mosque on the eve of 27th Ramadan, during the holy month of Ramadan, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, April 5, 2024. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court called on Saturday on Muslims across Saudi Arabia to sight the crescent moon of the month of Shawwal on Monday evening.

It said whoever sights the crescent moon with the naked eye or through binoculars must report to the nearest court and register their testimony.

The sighting of the Shawwal crescent moon marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

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Saudi Arabia Welcomes Ceasefire in Lebanon

A resident walks amid the destruction in the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on November 27, 2024, as people who had fled the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned to check on their homes after a ceasefire between the warring sides took effect. (AFP)
A resident walks amid the destruction in the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on November 27, 2024, as people who had fled the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned to check on their homes after a ceasefire between the warring sides took effect. (AFP)
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Saudi Arabia Welcomes Ceasefire in Lebanon

A resident walks amid the destruction in the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on November 27, 2024, as people who had fled the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned to check on their homes after a ceasefire between the warring sides took effect. (AFP)
A resident walks amid the destruction in the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on November 27, 2024, as people who had fled the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned to check on their homes after a ceasefire between the warring sides took effect. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Wednesday the ceasefire in Lebanon, hailing the international efforts that helped achieve it.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry hoped the ceasefire would lead to the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty, security and stability, and ensure the safe return of the displaced to their homes.

The Muslim World League (MWL) welcomed the ceasefire, commending all efforts that contributed to ending the conflict and expressed its hope for continued security and stability for Lebanon and its people under its national sovereignty.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation stressed the need for all parties to commit to the ceasefire agreement through the full implementation of Resolution 1701.

OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha underscored his full support for Lebanon’s stability and the right of its state to exercise its sovereignty across all Lebanese territories.

He called for humanitarian aid to meet the needs of those affected and for reconstructing what was destroyed in the war.

Moreover, he hoped that the ceasefire in Lebanon would pave the way for an immediate halt to the Israeli assault on Gaza and all occupied Palestinian territories.