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Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta (House of Fatwa), the country’s official authority on Islamic legal rulings, announced on Friday that it will conduct the official sighting of the crescent moon marking the start of the holy month of Ramadan for the year 1447 in the Islamic calendar at sunset on Tuesday,17 February. In a statement published on its official Facebook page, Dar al-Ifta said the moon sighting will be carried out through seven religious and scientific committees distributed across Egypt’s governorates. The…