After a month-long observance of spirituality and reflection for Ramadan, Muslims worldwide are preparing to close out the holy month by celebrating Eid al-Fitr. One of two celebratory holidays in the Islamic faith,

Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Families gathered for special prayers followed by feasts and holiday sweets starting Sunday after a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. Muslims typically mark the holiday with family visits and outings, and children get new clothes.

The Jewish and Muslim holidays could be added to the 2025-26 calendar, and would cost the district about $65,000 each to add.

There is never a definitive date for Eid every year. Has Saudi Arabia confirmed it for 2025? How the date is determined, more on the Islamic holiday.

The Howard County Board of Education apologized to the district’s Muslim community this week for “communication failures” when deciding to schedule March 31 — the holiday Eid al-Fitr — as a full school day.

With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon by the end of March, nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide and the roughly 1% of Ohioans who are Muslim will celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of ...

The exact date of Eid al-Fitr depends on the sighting of the crescent moon, a practice that determines the beginning of the Islamic month of Shawwal. Consequently, Eid is expected to fall on either Sunday, March 30, or Monday, March 31.

It's a large celebration that marks the end of Ramadan, a month of prayer, fasting, and reflection.

Muslims pray, kids play and performers entertain at an Eid al-Fitr celebration at Gilbert Regional Park on March 31, 2024, marking the end of Ramadan.