Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW) membership is growing. It has members from different parts of the world who report their observations regarding moonsighting on a regular basis. These are individuals who try to observe the crescent moon, because they understand the importance of moonsighting. 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, click on Algeria: Mr. Bankih Kacem, AMNIR: Amateur Club of Astronomy, Ghardaïa Mr. Jamal Mimouni, President, Sirius Astronomy Association, Algeria Australia: Mr. Aslam Hussain, Melbourne, Victoria or Brisbane QL Mr. Aun Ali Lakhani, Brisbane, QL Mr. Habeeb Mohamed-Hussain, Gold Coast, QL Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Mian, Melbourne, Victoria Mr. Muhammad Khatree, Brisbane, QL Dr Raahib Dudhia, Brisbane, QL Mr. Salah Sukkarieh, Sydney, NSW Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, Imam of Rooty Hill Mosque, Sydney, NSW Syed Muhammad Jafar Kharazmi, Imam Hasan Centre, Sydney, NSW 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. Suleman Manjra Brunei: Mr. Mohd Aidil Sufian, 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 Chile: Mr. Muhammad Sohail, Iquique Cuba: Mr. Usama Sardar, Jaguey Grande Egypt: Engr. Rami Labib, Cairo Fiji Islands: Mr. M Shamim Ali, Fiji Islands France: Mr. Rida Roty, Avignon Germany: Mr. Samy Khadem-Al-Charieh, Berlin Guyana: Dr. Muhammad Hafiz Hong Kong: Naveed Ahmad Hungary: Dr. Mustafa Al-Majari India: Mr. Abdul Gaffar, Imphal, Manipur Mr. Afzal Varteji, Bhavnagar Mr. Azam Mohiuddin, Hyderabad Mr. Iqbalhusen Bokda, Gujrat Mr. Khalid Umer Maniar, Surat Mr. Mazhar Pallumirah, Chennai Mr. Mohammed Ali Qazi, Mumbai Mr. Mohammed Mohsin Khan, Mumbai Mr. O.M.Aejaz Ahmed, Chennai Haji Shaukat Husain, Varanasi,UP Mr. Shawkat Ali Khan, Kolkata, Mr. Syed Thanveer Peeran, Coimbatore Indonesia: Mr. Ahmad I. Adjie, Bandung Mr. Ajenar Kartika, East Jakarta Mr. AR Sugeng Riyadi, Surakarta, Java Mr. Mutoha Arkanuddin, Yogyakarta Iran: Mr. Abbas Ahmadian, Esfahan Mr. Alireza Mehrani, Adib Astronomical Society Mr. Mohamad Soltanolkotabi, Esfahan Mr. Mostafa Fakhar, Esfahan Israel: Mr. Neria Haroeh, Ramlah Israel Jordan: Mr. Ahmad Abu Zaid (MCW member) from Amman Jordan Kenya: Mr. Abdallah Mushtaq Khambiye, Mombasa Mr. Jaffar Suleiman Mosheh, Mombasa Mr. Mahmood Essa, Mombasa Mr. Mohamedashiq H Noorany, Mombasa Mr. Shariff Hussein Ahmed Hussein, Mombasa Captain Twalib Khamis, Mombasa Kuwait: Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Sumait Mr. Hussain Khushaish Dr Lukman Thalib, Medicine Professor, Kuwait Unviversity Lebanon: Dr. Hadi Jaafar Malawi: Mr. Yusuf M. Lambat 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. Saiful Aman Hj Sulaiman, Arau Perlis Mr. Zaki Afifi, Seremban Mauritius: Mr. Goolam Tegally, Port Louis Mr. Samser Ameeruddeen, Port-Louis Morocco: Mr. Ehsan H. Hajar, Casablanca Namibia: Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Barakah, Windhoek Netherlands: Mr. Afsal Gaffar, Amsterdam Mr. M.D. Karamatali, Lelystad Mr. Sheriel Nabie, Amsterdam New Zealand: Sadeed Zahid Tirmizey, Auckland Nigeria: Mr. AbdulBariu Kareem, Ikeja, Lagos Ibrahim Khaleel Maigari, Bauchi Ibrahim Lawal Muhammed, Port Harcourt, Rivers State Imam Majolagbe Monsuru, Lagos 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 Norway: Mr. Imran Mushtaq, Oslo Pakistan: Dr. Abdul Lateef, Karachi Mr. Asif Hussain, Hyderabad Mr. Ashfaq Ahmed, Karachi Dr. Bashir Bagvi, Islamabad Mr. Fahim Hashmi Mr. Faisal Obaid, Islamabad Mr. Farrukh Saeed Malik, Karachi Mr. Khurram Imtiaz, Lahore Mr. Muhammad Salman Siddiqui, Karachi Mr.Muhammad Yousuf Rajput, Rawalpindi Engr Nadeem Ahmed, Guddu Mr. Saeed Khan, Nowshera Mr. Shahid Iqbal, Swabi Dr. Shahid Qureshi, Karachi Mr. Sultan Alam, Karachi Captain Tahir Gul Hasan, Lahore Mr. Syed Muhammad Arif, Karachi Mr. Tahir Khan, Karachi Mr. Yousuf Rajput, Bahawalpur Mr. Zubair Ahmed Siddiqui, Karachi 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. Jaffar Khalid, 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 Senegal: Mr. Ibrahima Thierno LO, Dakar Mr. Mouhamad MBODJI, Dakar Saudi Arabia: Mr. Abdur Rab Hafiz, Makkah 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. Rashid Motala, Durban Mr. Saleh Adams, Cape Town Mr. Yusuf Essack, KwaZulu/Natal Sri Lanka: 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 Tanzania: Mr. Hamza Rijaal, Island of Zanzibar Mr. Mehboob J. Somji, Daressalaam Mr. Mohamed Abdallah Salim, Tanga City Mr. Zaffar Sheriff, Daressalaam Trinidad and Tobago: Ansar Abdal Karim, Belmont Isa Mohammed, Chguanas Dr. Shirin Haque, Univ. of West Indies, Port of Spain Uganda: Mr. Yusuf.Bwenge, Kampala city United Arab Emirates: Farhan Shah, Fujairah Jafor Saleh, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Mr. Khaled M Al Awadi, Sharjah Engr. Mohammad Odeh, (of ICOP) Abu Dhabi UK: Mr. Aziz Raje, Ilford, Essex Mrs. Faiza Buhary, Ashford Common Mr. M. A. Baig, Slough Berkshire Mr. M. Muhammad, Bolton, Lancshire Mr. Maqsood (Max) Fazel, Manchester Mr. Modoris Ali, Birmingham Dr. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti, Oxford Qamar Uddin, York 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 Mr. Azam Baporia, Mill Valley, CA Mr. Clay Chip Smith, Austin, TX Mr. Gulamabbas Khakoo, Buena Park, CA Mr. Haneef Maustafaa, Maywood, IL Mr. Haudi Dehdashti, Tucson, AZ Dr. Hussain Dashti, Gainesville, FL Mr. Javad Torabinejad, Blacksburg, VA Mr. Jim Stamm, Tucson, AZ Engr. Khalid Shaukat, Silver Spring, MD Mr. Kobir Ahmed Chowdhury, Brooklyn, NY Ms. Lyna Snow, San Antonio, TX Mr. Meer Husain, Wichita, KS Ms. Mary Singer, Spokane, WA Mr. Mian Abdul Majid, Albany, NY Mr. Milad Ali Ershaghi, Claremont, CA Mr. Mirza Shahid Basravi, Irvine, CA Mr. Mohamedraza H.Janmohamed, Sanford, FL Mr. Mohammad Al-Bedaiwi, Austin, TX Mr. Mohammed Yahya Shaikh, Culver City, CA Mr. Muhammad Ejaz, Flint, MI 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 Mr. Sharaaz Khan Qadri, Sacramento, CA Mr. Taalib Abdul-Malik, Douglasville, GA Mr. Tim Gleason, Ewa Beach, HI Mr. William Kochman, Moscow, ID Dr. Youssef Ismail, San Francisco, CA Mr. Zachary Twist, Hayward, 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 Total Members = 227

Khalid's Home of Astronomy Linked Islamic Duties Scientific Historical Achievement Using Known Astronomy Today Moonsighting Man     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, Tajweed, and Qir'at. Specialized in physics, mathematics, computer programming, and computational astronomy, he is actively doing research work for over 40 years 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 300,000 people in more than 5,600 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 orientation of Qibla direction. For Islamic calendar, his calculated dates are used by many calendar publishers, including: Amica Technologies International, Seattle, Washington Salama Arastu, an Internatinal Artist, California Al-Anwar Designs, Personalized Islamic Calendar The Hilal Committee of Toronto & Vicinity, Toronto 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.     Moonsighting.com has been viewed from the following countries: 1- 6 Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola 7-12 Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia 13-18 Austria Azerbaijan Azores Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh 19-24 Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda 25-30 Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brit.Virgin Isl. 31-36 Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma (Munamar) Burundi Cambodia 37-42 Cameroon Canada Canary Islands Cape Verde Isl. Cayman Islands Central African Republic 43-48 Chad Chechnya Chile China Cocos Islands Colombia 49-54 Congo Congo Democr. Rep. 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