Bahrain’s five-day Eid holidays starts on Thursday

The Supreme Islamic Affairs Council (SIAC) moon-sighting panel announced that tomorrow –Thursday- would be the first day of Eid Fitr. The public offices will remain closed for five days as lieu of Friday and Saturday being weekend during the three-day Eid holidays announced by His Royal Highness the Prime Minister.

The Panel included Shaikh Ibrahim bin Abdullatif Al-Saad, Shaikh Adnan bin Abdulla Al-Qattan, Shaikh Rashid bin Hassan Al-Bouanain and Shaikh Ibrahim bin Rashid Al-Merrikhi.

The Supreme Islamic Affairs Council extended eid greetings to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, the Ruling Family, the people of Bahrain as well as the Arab and Islamic nations.