The Ministry of Awqaf (Endowments) and Islamic Affairs has increased the time between Azan (call for prayer) and Iqamah (prayer) to 20 minutes for the dawn (Fajr) and afternoon (Asr) prayers in mosques from Wednesday (Sept 16).

Prayers at mosques across Qatar shall continue to remain suspended, the Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs has clarified on Thursday.

The Crescent Sighting Committee at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs called Wednesday upon all Muslims living in the State of Qatar to sight the crescent of Ramadan tomorrow (Thursday).

The Zakat Fund of the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf) provided aids worth QR 250,906,854 during 2019.

The Ministry of Endowments (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs on Sunday formed a national team specialising in sighting crescents.

Monday, May 6 will be the first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the committee to foresee the crescent of the holy month Ramadan at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has announced.

The committee held its meeting on Thursday evening to sight the crescent of Shawwal month.

The ministry announced that Eid al-Fitr prayer will be performed at 4:58 am, 15 minutes after sunrise.

The ministry said that the statement did not bring anything new to resolve the obstacles that have existed since June 5, 2017.

The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf) condemned the news reports by Saudi media claiming that the ministry has suspended Haj registrations for Qatari nationals. The ministry said the fabricated news is part of the campaign against the State of Qatar.

The Moon Sighting Committee of the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf) announced it could not sight the crescent moon for the holy month of Ramadan on Thursday evening.

A Qatari woman has donated one-third of her wealth as a permanent endowment for various acts of philanthropy.