Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW) Members:
- Algeria:
- Mr. Bankih Kacem, AMNIR: Amateur Club of Astronomy, Ghardaïa
- Mr. Jamal Mimouni, Sirius Astronomy Association, Algeria
Australia:
Mr. Abbas Aly, Annangrove NSW
Mr. Abdul Basit Rawasia, Melbourne, VIC
Mr. Aslam Hussain, Melbourne, VIC
Mr. Aun Ali Lakhani, Brisbane, QL
Mr. Habeeb Mohamed-Hussain, Gold Coast, QL
Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Mian, Melbourne, VIC
Mr. Mohammad N. I. AlFaarooq, Sydney, NSW
Dr. Monzur Alam Imteaz, Melbourne, VIC
Mr. Muhammad Khatree, Brisbane, QL
Dr. Raahib Dudhia, Brisbane, QL
Mr. Riaz Bokhari, Sydney, NSW
Mr. Salah Sukkarieh, Sydney, NSW
Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, Imam of Rooty Hill Mosque, Sydney, NSW
Mr. Syed M. Jafar Kharazmi, Imam Hasan Centre, Sydney, NSW
Mr. Zahid Hafeez, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Bahrain:
Mr. Abdul Hameed Haji, Bahrain
Bangladesh:
Mr. K.A.M. Azizul Huq, Dhaka
Mr. M. A. Sharif, Dhaka
Mr. Mustapha Niwaz Ali, Dhaka
Mr. ABM Ruhul Hassan, Dhaka
Barbados:
Mr. Farid Ahmed Degia
Mr. Latif Dana
Mr. Suleman Manjra
Brunei:
Mr. Mohd Aidil Sufian, Darussalam
Dr. Mohammed Hussain Ahmad, Negara Brunei Darussalam
Canada:
Mr. Baig Muhammad Tamachi, Peterborough Ontario
Mr. Eric Engler, Calgary Alberta
Mr. Hilal H, Calgary Alberta
Mr. HiMY SYeD, Toronto, Ontario
Mr. Kousay A. Mohamad, Brampton, Ontario
Dr. Laura Zajchowski, Calgary Alberta
Mr. Muntaz Alli, Brampton, Ontario
Mr. Nuh ibn Zbigniew Gondek, Ottawa, Ontario
Mr. Rozyur Rahman, Scarborough, Ontario
Mr. Sharaz Iqbal, Montreal, Quebec
Mr. Syed Aqeel Shah, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Mr. Syed Shahid Rashid, Mississauga, Ontario
China:
Dr. Musa·Minhai, Linxia, Gansu Province
Mr. Naveed Ahmad, Hong Kong
Chile:
Mr. Muhammad Sohail, Iquique
Mr. Fuad Musa, Santiago
Cuba:
Mr. Usama Sardar, Jaguey Grande
Dominican Republic:
Mr. Ahmad Abdul Haqq, Santo Domingo
Egypt:
Engr. Rami Labib, Cairo
Fiji Islands:
Mr. M Shamim Ali, Fiji Islands
France:
Mr. Rida Roty, Avignon
Germany:
Mr. Abdul Munaf Ghilzey, Berlin
Mr. Jens Sauer, Berlin
Mr. Samy Khadem-Al-Charieh, Berlin
Guyana:
Dr. Muhammad Hafiz
India:
Mr. Abdul Gaffar, Imphal, Manipur
Mr. Abdussubhan Dadan, Mumbai
Mr. Afzal Varteji, Bhavnagar
Mr. Azam Mohiuddin, Hyderabad
Mr. Iqbalhusen Bokda, Gujrat
Mr. Khalid Umer Maniar, Surat
Mr. Mazhar Pallumirah, Chennai
Mr. Mohammad Yusuf, New Delhi
Mr. Mohammed Ali Qazi, Mumbai
Mr. Mohammed Mohsin Khan, Mumbai
Mr. Mohammed Qamruz Zaman
Mr. Nazir Kazi, Mumbai
Mr. O.M.Aejaz Ahmed, Chennai
Dr. Shahid Ali Farooqui, Amravati, India
Haji Shaukat Husain, Varanasi,UP
Mr. Shawkat Ali Khan, Kolkata,
Mr. Syed Thanveer Peeran, Coimbatore
Mr. Tabish Khan, Mumbai
Indonesia:
Mr. Ahmad I. Adjie, Bandung
Mr. Ahmad Izzuddin, Central Java
Mr. Ajenar Kartika, East Jakarta
Mr. Anisah Budiwati, Central Java
Mr. AR Sugeng Riyadi, Surakarta, Java
Mr. Bambang Eko, Medan
Mr. Mutoha Arkanuddin, Yogyakarta
Mr. Siti Tathmainul Qulub, Central Java
Dr. Sugeng Rianto, Malang
Iran:
Mr. Abbas Ahmadian, Esfahan
Mr. Alireza Mehrani, Adib Astronomical Society
Mr. Mohamad Soltanolkotabi, Esfahan
Mr. Mostafa Fakhar, Esfahan
Jordan:
Mr. Ahmad Abu Zaid, Amman Jordan
Kenya:
Mr. Abdallah Mushtaq Khambiye, Mombasa
Mr. Jaffar Suleiman Mosheh, Mombasa
Mr. Mahmood Essa, Mombasa
Mr. Mohamed Abdulrahman, Mombasa
Mr. Mohamed Noorany, Mombasa
Mr. Shariff Hussein Ahmed Hussein, Mombasa
Captain Twalib Khamis, Mombasa
Kazakhstan:
Mr. Erzat Jidebaev, Korday
Kuwait:
Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Sumait
Mr. Hussain Khushaish
Dr Lukman Thalib, Medicine Professor, Kuwait Unviversity
Lebanon:
Dr. Hadi Jaafar
Madagascer:
Mr. Shoayb Unia, Majunga
Malawi:
Mr. Mohamed Imran Jiffry, Thyolo
Mr. Muhammad Ausajah Jamal, Lilongwe
Mr. Yusuf M. Lambat, Blantyre
Malaysia:
Mr. Firdaus Mazlan, Johor Bahru
Mr. Hajamohideen, Melaka
Mr. Jamaluddin Bin Abu Bakar, Selangor
Mr. Kassim B. Bahali, Melaka
Mr. Mohd Fahmi Bin Zakaria
Mr. Ibrahim Jamil, Bangi, Selangor
Mr. Saiful Aman Hj Sulaiman, Arau Perlis
Mr. Zaki Afifi, Seremban
Mauritius:
Mr. Fawaz Sahebdin, Vacoas
Mr. Goolam Tegally, Port Louis
Mr. Samser Ameeruddeen, Port-Louis
Montenegro:
Dr. Mustafa Al-Majari, Ulcinj
Morocco:
Mr. Ehsan H. Hajar, Casablanca
Mr. Khalid Chraibi, Casablanca
Dr. Moha El-ayachi, Temara
Mozambique:
Mr. Adamo A.C.Cassamo, Maputo
Namibia:
Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Barakah, Windhoek
Mr. Azgar Suleman, Walvis Bay
Netherlands:
Mr. Afsal Gaffar, Amsterdam
Mr. M.D. Karamatali, Lelystad
Mr. Sheriel Nabie, Amsterdam
New Zealand:
Mr. Sadeed Zahid Tirmizey, Auckland
Mr. Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Auckland
Nigeria:
Mr. AbdulBariu Kareem, Ikeja, Lagos
Mr. Abdul Hakeem Oladimeji Olapade, Abule Oja, Yaba, Lagos
Dr. Abdulateef Usman, Sokoto
Mr. AbdulRahim Raymond Ozigi, Ikoyi Lagos
Mr. Bashiru Yusuf, Yelwa Yauri, Kebbi
Mr. Ibrahim Khaleel Maigari, Bauchi
Mr. Ibrahim Lawal Muhammed, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Mr. Kareem Isa, Garki, Abuja
Imam Majolagbe Monsuru, Lagos
Mr. Jinadu Yunus, Kisi, Oyo State
Mr. Mohammed Isa Kida, Maidiguri, Borno State
Mr. Muhammad Taheer Othman, Gusau, Zamfara State
Mr. Muhammed Yasin Qamardeen, Ilorin
Mr. Saheed Zakariyau (Adeosun), Egbada, Lagos
Mr. Sheik A.A. Ishola, Ikorodu, Lagos
Mr. Tijani Shehu, Ikotun, Lagos
Mr. Usman Osinowoby, Ijebu Ode, Ogun
Mr. U. Z. Faruq, Sokoto
Norway:
Mr. Imran Mushtaq, Oslo
Pakistan:
Dr. Abdul Lateef, Karachi
Mr. Abdul Wahab Chang, Jamshoro
Mr. Asif Hussain, Hyderabad
Mr. Ashfaq Ahmed, Karachi
Dr. Bashir Bagvi, Islamabad
Mr. Fahim Hashmi, Islamabad
Mr. Faisal Obaid, Islamabad
Mr. Farrukh Saeed Malik, Karachi
Mr. Irtiza Hassan, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
Mr. Khurram Imtiaz, Lahore
Mr. M. Talha Rafiq, Karachi
Mr. Muhammad Salman Siddiqui, Karachi
Dr. Muhammad Yousuf, Mansehra
Mr. Mumtaz Ahmad, Rawalpindi
Engr Nadeem Ahmed, Guddu
Mr. Naeem Ishaq, Islamabad
Mr. Saeed Khan, Nowshera
Dr Shafqat Qamar, Rawalpindi
Mr. Shahid Iqbal, Swabi
Dr. Shahid Qureshi, Karachi
Mr. Sultan Alam, Karachi
Mr. Syed Muhammad Arif, Karachi
Captain Tahir Gul Hasan, Lahore
Mr. Tahir Khan, Karachi
Mr. Yousuf Rajput, Bahawalpur
Hakeem Zafar Iqbal, Rawalpindi
Mr. Zubair Ahmed Siddiqui, Karachi
Mr. Zain Ahmed, Karachi
Palestine:
Mr. Neria Haroeh, Ramallah, Palestine
Panama:
Mr. Saleh Bhai Bhattay, Panama City
Philippines:
Mr. Abdul Jalil Rayhan, Cotabato
Mr. Abdul Malik Carpio, Caloocan
Mr. Abdur Rashid Santos, Manila
Mr. Aleem Said Ahmad Basher, Manila
Dr. Ali B. Panda, Marawi City
Mr. Henry R Seva, Manila
Engr. Imran M. Malomalo, Marawi City
Mr. Amir Sav, Manila
Mr. Kamil M. Unda, Marawi City
Mr. Madrigal M. Macadato, Iligan
Dr. Mansoor Limba, Cotabato
Mr. Mujahid Abdulmuhmin, Basilan
Mr. Muslimin Borda, Quezon
Qatar:
Mr. Muhammad Imran Paracha
Mr. Zainul Abedin, Doha
Russia:
Mr. Ilham Fandas uly Mukharlyamov, Moscow
Senegal:
Mr. Ibrahima Thierno LO, Dakar
Mr. Mouhamad MBODJI, Dakar
Saudi Arabia:
Mr. Abdur Rab Hafiz, Makkah
Mr. Ghulam Mohiuddin, Riyadh
Mr. Hassan Ahmad Husain, Dhagran
Mrs. Lubna Shawly, Jiddah
Mr. Luqmaan Williams, Ta'if
Mr. Muhammad Asadullah, Riyadh
Mr. Muhammad H Zulqarnain, Riyadh
Mr. Thamer Masood, Dhahran
South Africa:
Mr. Abdurrazak Ebrahim, Cape Town
Mr. Ammar Tahir, Cape Town
Mr. Mahmood (Bhaai) Cassim, Johannesburg
Mr. Rashid Motala, Durban
Mr. Saleh Adams, Cape Town
Mr. Yusuf Essack, KwaZulu/Natal
Sri Lanka:
Mr. Azim Majeed, Dehiwala
Mr. Mohamed Gazzaly, Wattala
Mr. Mohamed Navrooze Rawoof, Colombo
Haji Muhammad Suhail Omar Patel, Colombo
Mr. M. I. Muhammadhu Saabir, Veyangoda
Mr. Nibras Najeeb, Beruwala
Mr. Nular Bary, Colombo
Mr. Rasheed Farook, Colombo
Sudan:
Mr. Rashied Hamid Ibrahim, Khartoum
Suriname:
Moulana Atikur Rehman Piprawala
Hafiz Shafikur Rehman Piprawala
Tanzania:
Mr. Gulamabbas Khakoo, DaresSalaam
Mr. Ghulamabbas Valji, DaresSalaam
Mr. Hamza Rijaal, Island of Zanzibar
Mr. Maulid Hassan Surumbu, Arusha
Mr. Mehboob J. Somji, DaresSalaam
Mr. Mohamed Abdallah Salim, Tanga City
Mr. Zaffar Sheriff, DaresSalaam
Trinidad and Tobago:
Mr. Ansar Abdal Karim, Belmont
Mr. Isa Mohammed, Chguanas
Dr. Shirin Haque, Univ. of West Indies, Port of Spain
Turkey:
Mr. Ilker Celiker, Van
Mr. Muhammed Cevad Turan, Istanbul
Uganda:
Mr. Yusuf.Bwenge, Kampala city
United Arab Emirates:
Mr. Farhan Shah, Fujairah
Mr. Jafor Saleh, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
Mr. Khaled M Al Awadi, Sharjah
Mr. Mohammad Hashim, Abu Dhabi
Engr. Mohammad Odeh, (of ICOP) Abu Dhabi
UK:
Dr. Amir Yousaf, London Derry
Mr. Aziz Raje, Ilford, Essex
Mrs. Faiza Buhary, Ashford Common
Mr. Hamid Chaudry, Blackburn, Lancashire
Mr. Juned Patel, Bolton, Lancshire
Mr. M. A. Baig, Slough Berkshire
Mr. Mahboob Muhammad, Bolton, Lancshire
Mr. Maqsood (Max) Fazel, Manchester
Mr. Modoris Ali, Birmingham
Mr. Mohammad Ali Javed, Luton, Bedfordshire
Dr. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti, Oxford
Mr. Muhammad Shoyaib Nurgat, London
Mr. Qamar Uddin, York
Mr. Saraj Qazi, Luton, Bedfordshire
Mr. S. H. Wasty, London
Mr. Segun Matti, London
Mr. Sharif Zakir Hussain Hashmi, Glasgow, Scotland
USA:
Mr. Abdul Samad Adam, Brooklyn, NY
Mr. Abdul Sattar Ridhan, San Jose, CA
Imam Abdur-Razzaq (Richard Miller) Philadelphia, PA
Mr. Abu Hamzah, New Haven, CT
Mrs. Alphecca Muttardy, Falls Church, VA
Dr. Aunali S Khaku, Gainesville, FL
Mr. Azam Baporia, Mill Valley, CA
Mr. Clay Chip Smith, Austin, TX
Mr. Hamid Quraishi, Winona, MN
Mr. Haneef Maustafaa, Maywood, IL
Mr. Haudi Dehdashti, Tucson, AZ
Dr. Hussain Dashti, Gainesville, FL
Mr. Javad Torabinejad, Blacksburg, VA
Mr. Javed A. Latef, Saddle River, NJ
Mr. Jim Stamm, Tucson, AZ
Dr. John Caldwell, McDonald Observatory, TX
Engr. Khalid Shaukat, Silver Spring, MD
Mr. Kobir Ahmed Chowdhury, Brooklyn, NY
Ms. Lyna Snow, San Antonio, TX
Mr. Mahfuz Rahman, Tucker, GA
Ms. Mary Singer, Spokane, WA
Mr. Meer Husain, Wichita, KS
Mr. Mian Abdul Majid, Albany, NY
Mr. Milad Ali Ershaghi, Claremont, CA
Imam Mir Omar Ali, Raleigh, NC
Mr. Mirza Shahid Basravi, Irvine, CA
Mr. Mohamedraza H.Janmohamed, Sanford, FL
Mr. Mohammad Al-Bedaiwi, Austin, TX
Mr. Muhammad Ejaz, Flint, MI
Mr. Mohammad Majibur Rahman, Houston, TX
Mr. Mohammed Yahya Shaikh, Anaheim, CA
Mr. Mustafa Eroglu, Denver, CO
Mr. Muzzammil Dadabhoy, Huntington Beach, CA
Mr. Naeem Ahmed Kanwer, Concord, CA
Mr. Omar E. Domkus, Phoenix, AZ
Mr. Omer Subhani, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mr. Paul Burnham, Chino Valley, AZ
Mr. Qaiser Imam, Asutin, TX
Mr. Qazi T. Azam, New Haven, CT
Ms. Ruth Jeffery, Baton Rouge, LA
Mr. Saleem Akhtar, Sugar Land TX
Imam Salim Chishti, New Lebanon, NY
Dr. Salman Zafar Shaikh, NJ
Mrs. Shahida Yaseen, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Sharaaz Khan Qadri, Sacramento, CA
Mr. Tahir Mahmood, Alpharetta, GA
Mr. Talib Abdul-Malik, Douglasville, GA
Mr. Tasmin Ahmad, Murrieta, CA
Mr. Tim Gleason, Ewa Beach, HI
Mr. Tom Grogan, Madison, WI
Mr. William Kochman, Moscow, ID
Dr. Youssef Ismail, San Francisco, CA
Mr. Zachary Twist, Hayward, CA
Mr. Zahid Khakoo, Anaheim, CA
Venezuela:
Mr. Faisil Hoosen, San Felix
Virgin Islands:
Mr. Michael A. Simmonds Jr.
Yemen:
Mr. Mushtaq Anwer Ali Rashid
Zambia:
Mr. Ismail Ebrahim Omer, Lusaka
Mr. Idris Suleman, Kafue
Zimbabwe:
Mr. Ayub Mahomed, Harare
Total Members = 311
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Khalid Shaukat, an internationally known scientist, was born in India and grew up in Pakistan. He studied at an Islamic school learning Arabic, Qur'an, Hadith, Fiqh, Tajweed, and Qir'at. His fields of education encompass Physics, Mathematics, Civil Engineering, Computer Programming, and computational Astronomy. He graduated from Georgia Tech., Atlanta, Georgia, USA in 1970. He has worked in USA doing scientific research for more than 40 years.
Khalid Shaukat, the founder of Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW), is regarded as the Moonsighting Man by his friends. He collects and publishes moonsighting reports from all over the world every month. His calculations of visibility of crescent moon have consistently proven to match with actual sighting every month since 1993. He has published articles on moonsighting and Islamic calendar in various journals and publications. He was acknowledged for his work by Daily "Washington Post" (August 19, 2006) and by International weekly science journal, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the "Science" magazine, Page 1233 Vol. 313, 1 September 2006.
He has given lectures on Moonsighting, Prayer Times, and Qibla Direction in many countries of the world (e.g., USA, UK, Canada, Guyana, Trinidad, Bermuda, Kenya, Morocco, and UAE). His work can be seen on www.moonsighting.com which has over 5.5 million hits. Through this web site he has provided Prayer Schedule, Qibla Direction, and Moonsighting information to more than 320,000 people in more than 6,000 cities, almost every Country in the World (217 countries) including small islands and even polar regions (Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Alaska), where the sun does not rise or set for several months. Several mosques in USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Caribbean Islands have been built with his help in the correct Qibla direction.
He is a consultant to Islamic Society of North America and Fiqh Council of North America for moonsighting, Islamic calendar, Qibla direction, and prayer times.
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