Abu Dhabi: Sultan Bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice, issued a resolution on Wednesday setting up the moon-sighting committee for the month of Shawwal.
The committee, chaired by the Minister of Justice, includes Mohammad Bin Hamad Al Badi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice, along with a number of other officials.
The decision called on all the Sharia courts across the country to look out for the crescent moon and inform the committee.
The committee will hold the meeting after Maghreb prayers at the Judiciary Department in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Ramadan 29, corresponding to July 27.
