"The Crescent Committee" of the Council of Shia Muslim Scholars in North America would like to announce that there were no reports of sightings of the New Crescent at sunset on Sunday May 24th, 2009. 

His Eminence was born in the City of Foumin in the Northern villages of Iran in 1334 A.H. and spent his life serving Ahl-ul-Bayt peace be upon them.  He spent part of his time in the Holy City of Najaf as a student under the tutelage of the great scholars such as Sayyid Abu al-Hassan al-Asfahani, and Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei may Allah bless their souls. He returned to the Holy City of Qum continuing his work until he became one of its renowned  Jurists.

"The Crescent Committee" of the Council of Shia Muslim Scholars in North America would like to announce that the New Crescent was sighted at sunset on Saturday in Phoenix, AZ clearly with the naked eye. This comes in accordance to the astronomical predictions which states ease of sightability throughout North America. Unfortunately the rest of the areas were cloudy and rainy which obstructed the sighting.