“We have all reported NO SIGHTING of the New Moon (Hilal) for the 1st day of Shawwal 1440 AH,” said NCMF Secretary Saidamen Pangarungan in a statement.
In Cotabato City, the city government issued a memorandum banning the practice of mobile Takbir.[]
Muslims in the city, mostly the young ones, would mark the end of Ramadhan with a mobile Takbir or a noise barrage on the streets aboard open-piped motorcycles and other vehicles.
City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi in a Peace and Order Council meeting yesterday issued the ban on mobile Takbir saying it is not in accordance with the teaching of Islam and has resulted in many road crashes.
“Wala akong sasantuhin (I will spare no one), I am duty-bound to enforce the law.[]
