Muslims around the world are bidding farewell to the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and will soon start celebrating the holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

One of two celebratory holidays in the Islamic faith, Eid al-Fitr is when Muslims come together in prayer and celebrate completing Ramadan. The "Festival of Breaking the Fast" is celebrated worldwide during the first three days of Shawwāl, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar.

With the expected sighting of the waxing crescent moon by the end of March, nearly 2 billion Muslims worldwide and the less than 1% of Rhode Islanders who are Muslim, according to the Pew Research Center , will celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.