The team at dailystraits.com would like to wish our Muslim readers a blessed Ramadan Mubarak or Selamat Menyambut Bulan Puasa as we say it in Malaysia.
Below is a pictorial essay on how Muslims in Malaysia and Indonesia had ushered in the holy month of Ramadan which starts today and would go on for a month with the Hari Raya or Eid al-Fitr celebration expected to take place on May 13.
A Malaysian Islamic religious officer wears mask as he observe the position of the moon using a theodolite to determine the sighting of the new moon to mark the start of the fasting month of Ramadan in Putrajaya, Malaysia. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL 
Malaysian Islamic religious officers wear masks as they observe the position of the moon using a theodolite to determine the sighting of the new moon to mark the start of the fasting month of Ramadan in Putrajaya, Malaysia. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL 
Malaysian muslims maintaining social distance and wearing protective face masks as they attend first Taraweeh prayers on the eve of Ramadan in Putrajaya, Malaysia. EPA-EFE/FAZRY ISMAIL 
Aceh Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) staff are preparing equipment to observe new moon sightings to determine the beginning of holly Ramadan in Lhok Nga, Aceh Besar, Indonesia. EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK 
Aceh Provincial Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion staff are preparing equipment to observe new moon sightings to determine the beginning of holly Ramadan in Lhok Nga, Aceh Besar, Indonesia. EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK 
Indonesian police officers queue up and wait their turn for vaccinations during a mass vaccination drive inside Aceh Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK 
A health care worker injects a dose of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine into a patient during a mass vaccination drive inside Aceh Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK
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