In cooperation with the Islamic Crescents Observation Project (ICOP), the Office of the President of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) will organize the “International Conference f...

The International Astronomical Center (IAC) and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency hosted a team of veteran U.S. and German observers of spacecraft re-entries to study the re-en...

The International Astronomical Center (IAC) and the United Arab Emirates Space Agency will host a team of veteran U.S. and German observers of spacecraft re-entries to study the pr...

Translated by ICOP Member: Omar Bouderdaben. Allah (God) willing, the majority of the Muslim countries around the world would be observing the crescent moon on Sunday, July 27, ...

Inshalla ICOP will have live coverage on "Sky News Arabia" TV on Friday 27 June 2014, the coverage consists of several interviews on that day starting from morning, which...

Translated by ICOP member: Omar Bouderdaben In the name of Allah, the Lord of the universes, and peace and salutation on the noblest of all prophets and messengers; Allah’s ...

The World witnesses a rare solar eclipse on Sunday, 3rd of November, 2013 In the Arab countries, it would be seen as a partial eclipse   Mohammad Shawkat Odeh President...

Expected differences in the Muslim World for the Eid El-Ftr   Translated by ICOP Member: Omar Bouderdaben After the historic “same day” start of the mo...

Translated by ICOP Member: Omar Bouderdaben Over the Muslim world, Muslims will be watching for the crescent moon of Ramadhan on Monday, July 8th 2013. On that day, the Moon wil...

After celebrating last year the tenth anniversary of the National Festivals in Popular Astronomy, we thought of this 11th edition of the Festival to be that of consolidation. This ...

Below is an email we received in ICOP from Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah, the Executive Director of the North American Fiqh Council of ISNA. It shows that starting from September 2011 ISNA...

The Union of the Islamic Organizations in cooperation with the European Council for Fatwa and Research and the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe,organize the European S...

Communiqué from Muslim Astronomers (and members of ICOP’s Scientific Committee) regarding the “sighting” of the crescent of Eid-ul-Fitr 1432 The decisio...

On the occasion of the new Moon of Shwwal 1432 H, there will be a live broadcast coverage of ICOP members observations in cooperation with AlJazeera Mubasher over three hours ( 14:...

Praise be to Allah, the Creator of the Universe, and peace and salutations on His chosen messenger. Astronomical calculations show that Eid-El-Fitr for the 1432 (Hijri), if base...

As usual ICOP will have live coverage on Al-Jazeerah Mubasher channel for Ramadhan Crescent observations This year coverage will contain the following Inshallah:- 1- Intervie...