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.

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.

With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon by the end of March, nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide and the less than 1% of Rhode Islanders who are Muslim, according to the Pew Research Center , will celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.

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 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.

Some of you celebrating Ramadan might be here wondering if you need to let your boss know that you might be taking Monday off next week. Ramadan is now in its last 10 nights. With the expected ...

Throughout the morning, over 2,000 people circulated the mosque which hosted four prayers starting at 7:00 a.m.