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Eid-ul-Fitr in coastal Karnataka on June 15, rest of Karnataka on June 16

coastaldigest.com web desk
June 14, 2018

Mangaluru/Bengaluru, Jun 14: Muslims in coastal Karnataka will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday, June 15, while rest of Karnataka will observe the festival next day, i.e., on Saturday, June 16.

Twaka Ahmed Musliyar and Bekal Ibrahim Musliyar, the Khazis of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi respectively announced the end of the blessed month of Ramadan after the crescent moon was sighted in Kerala’s Kozhikode this evening. 

However, Muslims in the other parts of Karnataka will fast on Friday and celebrate the festival on Saturday.

Maulana Sageer Ahmed Khan, convener of the moon sighting committee, told media persons in Bengaluru that nowhere in Karnataka people witnessed the Shawwal moon on Friday evening.

“Kerala and coastal districts of Karnataka that are adjacent to Kerala celebrating Eid on Friday. However, we (rest of Karnataka) are celebrating next day,” he said.

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Barid shah
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Friday, 15 Jun 2018

Is Kerala not part of India? When moon is sighted only in delhi the whole country celebrates the festival but why is this not in case of other parts of the states. Once a moon is sighted in any state of India why is it the whole country does not acknowledge the same.

 

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The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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