Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW) is growing. It has members from all over the world who report their observations regarding moonsighting on a regular basis. These are individuals who are experienced observers and they understand the importance of moonsighting for establishing the Islamic Lunar Months. If you are willing to send your crescent observation report, whenever possible, we will honor you as a member of MCW (Membership is free). To become a member, just E-mail your postal address, phone number, and the year you were born. To send E-mail, you can click on "E-mail" in the menu above.

  1. Algeria:
    1. Mr. Bankih Kacem, AMNIR: Amateur Club of Astronomy, Ghardaïa

  2. American Samoa:
    1. Mr. Anwar Karim

  3. Australia:
    1. Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Mian, Melbourne
    2. Mr. Rashid Ismail Motala, Adelaide
    3. Mr. Salah Sukkarieh, Sydney
    4. Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, Imam of Rooty Hill Mosque, Sydney
    5. Syed Muhammad Jafar Kharazmi, Imam Hasan Centre, Sydney

  4. Bahrain:
    1. Mr. Abdul Hameed Haji, Bahrain

  5. Bangladesh:
    1. Mr. K.A.M. Azizul Huq, Dhaka
    2. ABM Ruhul Hassan, Dhaka

  6. Barbados:
    1. Mr. Farid Ahmed Degia

  7. Brunei:
    1. Mr. Mahadi Mohamad Tahir, Bandar Seri Bagawan
    2. Mr. Tebuan Cheah

  8. Canada:
    1. Mr. Aleem Uddin, Toronto, Ontario
    2. Mr. Eric Engler, Calgary Alberta
    3. Mr. HiMY SYeD, Toronto, Ontario
    4. Mr. Kousay A. Mohamad, Brampton, Ontario
    5. Dr. Laura Zajchowski, Calgary Alberta
    6. Mr. Syed Shahid Rashid, Mississauga, Ontario

  9. Dominica:
    1. Mr. Augustus Paul, Roseau

  10. Egypt:
    1. Eng. Rami Labib, Cairo

  11. Fiji Islands:
    1. Mr. M Shamim Ali, Fiji Islands

  12. Germany:
    1. Mr. Samy Khadem-Al-Charieh, Berlin

  13. Guyana:
    1. Mr. Muhammad Hafiz
    2. Mr. Riyaad Siddique
    3. Mr. Sultan Hafiz

  14. Hungary:
    1. Mr. Abdullah Mustafa, Southern Hungary

  15. India:
    1. Mr. Iqbalhusen Bokda, Gujrat
    2. Mr. Khalid Umer, Surat
    3. Mr. Mohamed Meeran
    4. Mr. O.M.Aejaz Ahmed, Chennai

  16. Indonesia:
    1. Mr. Ahmad I. Adjie, Bandung
    2. Mr. AR Sugeng Riyadi, Surakarta, Java
    3. Mr. Mutoha Arkanuddin, Yogyakarta

  17. Iran:
    1. Mr. Alireza Mehrani, Adib Astronomical Society
    2. Mr. Mohamad Soltanolkotabi, Esfahan
    3. Dr. Reza Pazhouhesh, Birjand

  18. Israel:
    1. Mr. Neria Haroeh, Ramlah Israel

  19. Kenya:
    1. Mr. Abdallah. M. Khambiye, Mombasa
    2. Mr. Ali Darran, Islamic Da'wa and Irshad Trust, Mombasa
    3. Mr. Mahmood Essa, Mombasa
    4. Captain Twalib Khamis, Mombasa

  20. Kuwait:
    1. Mr. Hussain Khushaish, Kuwait

  21. Lebanon:
    1. Dr. Hadi Jaafar

  22. Malawi:
    1. Mr. Yusuf M. Lambat

  23. Malaysia:
    1. Mr. Khairul bin Othman, Johor Bahru
    2. Mr. Mohamad ibnu Maleki, Johore Bahru
    3. Mr. Saiful Aman Hj Sulaiman, Arau Perlis
    4. Mr. Zainal Abiden Bin Hani, Johor Bahru

  24. Mauritius:
    1. Mr. Goolam Tegally, Port Louis
    2. Mr. Shabbir Ahmed Karim, Quatre Bornes

  25. Namibia:
    1. Mr. Ahmed Mohamed, Windhoek

  26. Netherlands:
    1. Mr. Mohamed Sharief, Amsterdam

  27. Nigeria:
    1. Mr. Abdu al Azizu, Tedi
    2. Mr. Abdul Bariu Kareem, Ikeja
    3. Mr. Badagri, Lagos
    4. Imam Majolagbe Monsuru, Lagos?
    5. Mr. Muhammed Yasin Qamardeen, Ilorin

  28. Norway:
    1. Mr. Imran Mushtaq, Oslo

  29. Oman:
    1. Mr. Ali Said Al Sumry, Musqat

  30. Pakistan:
    1. Dr. Abdul Lateef, Karachi
    2. Dr. Bashir Bagvi, Islamabad
    3. Mr. Fahim Hashmi, Islamabad
    4. Engr Nadeem Ahmed, Guddu
    5. Mr. Saeed Khan, Nowshera
    6. Mr. Shahid Iqbal, Swabi
    7. Mr. Shahid Qureshi, Karachi
    8. Mr. Sultan Alam, Karachi
    9. Mr. Tahir Gul Hasan, Lahore
    10. Mr. Zubair Ahmed Siddiqui, Karachi

  31. Philippines:
    1. Mr. Abdul Jalil Rayhan, Cotabato
    2. Dr. Ali B. Panda, Marawi City

  32. Senegal:
    1. Mr. Ibrahima Thierno LO, Dakar

  33. Saudi Arabia:
    1. Mr. Hassan Ahmad Husain, Dhagran
    2. Mrs. Lubna Shawly, Jiddah
    3. Dr. Saleh Al-Saab, King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and Technology
    4. Mr. Thamer Masood, Dhahran

  34. South Africa:
    1. Mr. Abdurrazak Ebrahim, Cape Town
    2. Dr. John Caldwell, South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)
    3. Mr. Rashid Motala, Durban

  35. Syria:
    1. Mr. Taalib Abdul-Malik, Damascus

  36. Tanzania:
    1. Mr. Hamza Rijaal, Island of Zanzibar
    2. Mr. Mehboob J. Somji, Daressalaam
    3. Mr. Zaffar Sheriff, Daressalaam

  37. Thailand:
    1. Mr. Alee, Phuket

  38. Trinidad and Tobago:
    1. Mr. Lars Johnson, Port of Spain
    2. Dr. Shirin Haque, Univ. of West Indies, Port of Spain

  39. United Arab Emirates:
    1. Dr. David McNaughton
    2. Mr. GulamAbbas Vakil, Dubai
    3. Mr. Mohammad Odeh, ICOP

  40. UK:
    1. Mr. M. A. Baig, Slough Berkshire
    2. Mr. M. Muhammad, Bolton, Lancshire
    3. Mr. Modoris Ali, Birmingham
    4. Dr. Monzur Ahmed, London
    5. Mr. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti, Oxford
    6. Mr. S. H. Wasty, London

  41. USA:
    1. Mr. Abdul Sattar Ridhan, San Jose, California
    2. Mr. AbdurRahmaan Abu Abdullaah South Carolina
    3. Mr. Abu Hamzah, New Haven, Connecticut
    4. Mrs. Alphecca Muttardy, Falls Church, Virginia
    5. Mr. Azam Baporia, San Francisco, California
    6. Mr. Burheem Bakr, Cleveland, Ohio
    7. Mr. Clay Chip Smith, Austin, Texas
    8. Mrs. Fatima Sharaaz Qadri, Sacramento, California
    9. Mr. Ghulam Dandia, Miami, Florida
    10. Mr. Gulamabbas Khakoo, Buena Park, California
    11. Mr. Ibrahim Ali, Mount Wilson, California
    12. Mr. Isa AbdulBari Alsup Burbank L.A., California
    13. Mr. Javad Torabinejad, Blacksburg, Virginia
    14. Mr. Jim Stamm, Tucson, Arizona
    15. Mr. Khalid Shaukat, Metro Area of Washington DC
    16. Mr. Khalid Yaseen, Detroit, Michigan
    17. Ms. Lyna Snow, San Antonio, Texas
    18. Ms. Mary Singer, Spokane, Washington
    19. Mr. Milad Ali Ershaghi, Claremont, California
    20. Mr. Mirza Shahid Basravi, Irvine California
    21. Mr. Mohamed Lotfy, Aurora, Colorado
    22. Mr. Mohamedraza H.Janmohamed, Sanford Florida
    23. Mr. Mohammad Al-Bedaiwi, Austin, Texas
    24. Mr. Mohammad Rezakhani, Los Angeles, California
    25. Dr. Mohibullah Durrani, Maryland
    26. Dr. Muhammad Hafiz, Opa Locka, Florida
    27. Dr. Mustafa Helvaci, Kentucky
    28. Dr. Omar Afzal, Ithaca, New York
    29. Mr. Omer Bin Abullah, Herndon, Virginia
    30. Mr. Omar E. Domkus, Phoenix, Arizona
    31. Mr. Paul Burnham, Chino Valley, Arizona
    32. Mr. Qaiser Imam, Asutin, Texas
    33. Ms. Ruth Jeffery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    34. Mr. Saiyed Abbas Hasnain, California
    35. Dr. Salman Zafar Shaikh, New Jersey
    36. Miss Shagufta Ahmad Qadri, San Jose, California
    37. Mr. Shahnoor Syed, Chicago, Illinois
    38. Mr. Sharaaz Khan Qadri, Sacramento, California
    39. Mr. Tim Gleason, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
    40. Mr. Tom Teters, Fort Collins, Colorado
    41. Mr. Tsofa Malik, Connecticut
    42. Mr. Waseem Sufi, Livermore, California
    43. Dr. Youssef Ismail, San Francisco, California

  42. Yemen:
    1. Mr. Mushtaq Anwer Ali Rashid

  43. Zambia:
    1. Mr. Ismail Ebrahim Omer, Lusaka

    Total Members = 141
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Khalid Shaukat Khalid4Shaukat Khalid Shaukat, the founder of Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW), is regarded as the Moonsighting Man by his friends. He is a scientist/engineer involved in research work in science and engineering since 1967. He has also studied at an Islamic school in India learning Arabic, Qur'an, Hadith, Fiqh, and Tajweed.

Specialized in physics, mathematics, computer programming, and computational astronomy, he is actively doing research work for over 3 decades on Prayer Schedule, Qibla Direction, Islamic Calendar, and Science of Moonsighting, serving Muslim Ummah all across the world. Through this web site he has provided Prayer Schedule, Qibla Direction, and Moonsighting information to more than 200,000 people in more than 4,300 cities, almost every Country in the World (215 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 orientation of Qibla direction.

For Islamic calendar, his calculated dates are used by many calendar publishers, including:

He has published articles on moonsighting and Islamic calendar in various journals and publications. He made presentations at various seminars, such as Moon-sighting seminars, American Muslims Social Scientists (AMSS) Convention, Islam in America Conventions, and Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Annual Conventions. He has given lectures on Moonsighting, Prayer Times, and Qibla Direction in many countries of the world (e.g., USA, Canada, UK, Guyana, Trinidad, Bermuda, Morocco, and Kenya). He collects moonsighting reports from all over the world and correlates them with calculations, improving the algorithm, to calculate crescent moon's visibility, that has consistently proven to match with actual sighting every month since 1993.

   

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