Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW) membership is growing. It has members from different parts of the world who report their observations regarding moonsighting on a regular basis. These are individuals who try to observe the crescent moon, because they understand the importance of moonsighting.

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  1. Algeria:
    1. Mr. Bankih Kacem, AMNIR: Amateur Club of Astronomy, Ghardaïa
    2. Mr. Jamal Mimouni, President, Sirius Astronomy Association, Algeria

  2. Australia:
    1. Mr. Aslam Hussain, Melbourne or Brisbane
    2. Mr. Habeeb Mohamed-Hussain, Benowa, Queensland
    3. Mr. Manzoor Ahmad Mian, Melbourne
    4. Mr. Salah Sukkarieh, Sydney
    5. Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, Imam of Rooty Hill Mosque, Sydney
    6. Syed Muhammad Jafar Kharazmi, Imam Hasan Centre, Sydney
    7. Zahid Hafeez, Canberra

  3. Bahrain:
    1. Mr. Abdul Hameed Haji, Bahrain

  4. Bangladesh:
    1. Mr. K.A.M. Azizul Huq, Dhaka
    2. Mr. M. A. Sharif, Dhaka
    3. Mr. Mustapha Niwaz Ali, Dhaka
    4. Mr. ABM Ruhul Hassan, Dhaka

  5. Barbados:
    1. Mr. Farid Ahmed Degia
    2. Mr. Suleman Manjra

  6. Brunei:
    1. Mr. Mohd Aidil Sufian, Darussalam

  7. Canada:
    1. Mr. Baig Muhammad Tamachi, Peterborough Ontario
    2. Mr. Eric Engler, Calgary Alberta
    3. Mr. HiMY SYeD, Toronto, Ontario
    4. Mr. Kousay A. Mohamad, Brampton, Ontario
    5. Dr. Laura Zajchowski, Calgary Alberta
    6. Mr. Muntaz Alli, Brampton, Ontario
    7. Mr. Nuh ibn Zbigniew Gondek, Ottawa, Ontario
    8. Mr. Rozyur Rahman, Scarborough, Ontario
    9. Mr. Sharaz Iqbal, Montreal, Quebec
    10. Mr. Syed Shahid Rashid, Mississauga, Ontario

  8. China:
    1. Dr. Musa·Minhai, Linxia, Gansu Province

  9. Chile:
    1. Mr. Muhammad Sohail, Iquique

  10. Cuba:
    1. Mr. Usama Sardar, Jaguey Grande

  11. Egypt:
    1. Engr. Rami Labib, Cairo

  12. Fiji Islands:
    1. Mr. M Shamim Ali, Fiji Islands

  13. France:
    1. Mr. Rida Roty, Avignon

  14. Germany:
    1. Mr. Samy Khadem-Al-Charieh, Berlin

  15. Guyana:
    1. Dr. Muhammad Hafiz

  16. Hong Kong:
    1. Naveed Ahmad

  17. India:
    1. Mr. Abdul Gaffar, Imphal, Manipur
    2. Mr. Afzal Varteji, Bhavnagar
    3. Mr. Azam Mohiuddin, Hyderabad
    4. Mr. Iqbalhusen Bokda, Gujrat
    5. Mr. Khalid Umer Maniar, Surat
    6. Mr. Mohammed Ali Qazi, Mumbai
    7. Mr. Mohammed Mohsin Khan, Mumbai
    8. Mr. O.M.Aejaz Ahmed, Chennai
    9. Haji Shaukat Husain, Varanasi,UP
    10. Mr. Shawkat Ali Khan, Kolkata,

  18. Indonesia:
    1. Mr. Ahmad I. Adjie, Bandung
    2. Mr. Ajenar Kartika, East Jakarta
    3. Mr. AR Sugeng Riyadi, Surakarta, Java
    4. Mr. Mutoha Arkanuddin, Yogyakarta

  19. Iran:
    1. Mr. Abbas Ahmadian, Esfahan
    2. Mr. Alireza Mehrani, Adib Astronomical Society
    3. Mr. Mohamad Soltanolkotabi, Esfahan
    4. Mr. Mostafa Fakhar, Esfahan

  20. Israel:
    1. Mr. Neria Haroeh, Ramlah Israel

  21. Jordan:
    1. Mr. Ahmad Abu Zaid (MCW member) from Amman Jordan

  22. Kenya:
    1. Mr. Abdallah Mushtaq Khambiye, Mombasa
    2. Mr. Jaffar Suleiman Mosheh, Mombasa
    3. Mr. Mahmood Essa, Mombasa
    4. Mr. Mohamedashiq H Noorany, Mombasa
    5. Captain Twalib Khamis, Mombasa

  23. Kuwait:
    1. Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Sumait
    2. Mr. Hussain Khushaish
    3. Dr Lukman Thalib, Medicine Professor, Kuwait Unviversity

  24. Lebanon:
    1. Dr. Hadi Jaafar

  25. Malawi:
    1. Mr. Yusuf M. Lambat

  26. Malaysia:
    1. Mr. Hajamohideen, Melaka
    2. Mr. Kassim B. Bahali, Melaka
    3. Mr. Saiful Aman Hj Sulaiman, Arau Perlis
    4. Mr. Zainal Abiden Bin Hani, Johor Bahru

  27. Mauritius:
    1. Mr. Goolam Tegally, Port Louis
    2. Mr. Samser Ameeruddeen, Port-Louis

  28. Morocco:
    1. Mr. Ehsan H. Hajar, Casablanca

  29. Namibia:
    1. Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Barakah, Windhoek

  30. Netherlands:
    1. Mr. Sheriel Nabie,

  31. Nigeria:
    1. Mr. AbdulBariu Kareem, Ikeja, Lagos
    2. Ibrahim Khaleel Maigari, Bauchi
    3. Ibrahim Lawal Muhammed, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
    4. Imam Majolagbe Monsuru, Lagos
    5. Mr. Muhammed Yasin Qamardeen, Ilorin
    6. Mr. Saheed Zakariyau (Adeosun), Egbada, Lagos
    7. Mr. Sheik A.A. Ishola, Ikorodu, Lagos
    8. Mr. Usman Osinowoby, Ijebu Ode, Ogun

  32. Norway:
    1. Mr. Imran Mushtaq, Oslo

  33. Pakistan:
    1. Dr. Abdul Lateef, Karachi
    2. Dr. Bashir Bagvi, Islamabad
    3. Mr. Fahim Hashmi
    4. Mr. Farrukh Saeed Malik, Karachi
    5. Mufti Muhammad Bashir,
    6. Mr. Muhammad Salman Siddiqui, Karachi
    7. Mr.Muhammad Yousuf Rajput, Rawalpindi
    8. Engr Nadeem Ahmed, Guddu
    9. Mr. Saeed Khan, Nowshera
    10. Mr. Shahid Iqbal, Swabi
    11. Dr. Shahid Qureshi, Karachi
    12. Mr. Sultan Alam, Karachi
    13. Captain Tahir Gul Hasan, Lahore
    14. Mr. Zubair Ahmed Siddiqui, Karachi

  34. Panama:
    1. Mr. Saleh Bhai Bhattay, Panama City

  35. Philippines:
    1. Mr. Abdul Jalil Rayhan, Cotabato
    2. Mr. Abdul Malik Carpio, Caloocan
    3. Mr. Abdur Rashid Santos, Manila
    4. Dr. Ali B. Panda, Marawi City
    5. Mr. Bebot M. Sarip, Quezon
    6. Mr. Henry R Seva, Manila
    7. Engr. Imran M. Malomalo, Marawi City
    8. Mr. Kamil M. Unda, Marawi City
    9. Mr. Madrigal M. Macadato, Iligan
    10. Dr. Mansoor Limba, Cotabato
    11. Mr. Mujahid Abdulmuhmin, Basilan
    12. Mr. Muslimin Borda, Quezon

  36. Qatar:
    1. Mr. Muhammad Imran Paracha
    2. Mr. Zainul Abedin, Doha

  37. Senegal:
    1. Mr. Ibrahima Thierno LO, Dakar
    2. Mr. Mouhamad MBODJI, Dakar

  38. Saudi Arabia:
    1. Mr. Abdur Rab Hafiz
    2. Mr. Hassan Ahmad Husain, Dhagran
    3. Mrs. Lubna Shawly, Jiddah
    4. Mr. Muhammad Asadullah, Riyadh
    5. Mr. Muhammad H Zulqarnain, Riyadh
    6. Mr. Thamer Masood, Dhahran

  39. South Africa:
    1. Mr. Abdurrazak Ebrahim, Cape Town
    2. Mr. Rashid Motala, Durban
    3. Mr. Saleh Adams, Cape Town
    4. Mr. Yusuf Essack, KwaZulu/Natal

  40. Sri Lanka:
    1. Mr. Mohamed Gazzaly, Wattala
    2. Mr. Mohamed Navrooze Rawoof, Colombo
    3. Haji Muhammad Suhail Omar Patel, Colombo
    4. Mr. M. I. Muhammadhu Saabir, Veyangoda
    5. Mr. Nular Bary, Colombo

  41. Tanzania:
    1. Mr. Hamza Rijaal, Island of Zanzibar
    2. Mr. Mehboob J. Somji, Daressalaam
    3. Mr. Mohamed Abdallah Salim, Tanga City
    4. Mr. Zaffar Sheriff, Daressalaam

  42. Trinidad and Tobago:
    1. Ansar Abdal Karim, Belmont
    2. Isa Mohammed, Chguanas
    3. Dr. Shirin Haque, Univ. of West Indies, Port of Spain

  43. United Arab Emirates:
    1. Abu Saleh, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi
    2. Mr. Khaled M Al Awadi, Sharjah
    3. Engr. Mohammad Odeh, (of ICOP) Abu Dhabi

  44. UK:
    1. Mr. Aziz Raje, Ilford, Essex
    2. Mr. M. A. Baig, Slough Berkshire
    3. Mr. M. Muhammad, Bolton, Lancshire
    4. Mr. Modoris Ali, Birmingham
    5. Dr. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti, Oxford
    6. Qamar Uddin, York
    7. Mr. S. H. Wasty, London
    8. Mr. Segun Matti, London
    9. Mr. Sharif Zakir Hussain Hashmi, Glasgow, Scotland

  45. USA:
    1. Mr. Abdul Samad Adam, Brooklyn, NY
    2. Mr. Abdul Sattar Ridhan, San Jose, CA
    3. Imam Abdur-Razzaq (Richard Miller) Philadelphia, PA
    4. Mr. Abu Hamzah, New Haven, CT
    5. Mrs. Alphecca Muttardy, Falls Church, VA
    6. Mr. Azam Baporia, Mill Valley, CA
    7. Mr. Burheem Bakr, Cleveland, OH
    8. Mr. Clay Chip Smith, Austin, TX
    9. Mr. Gulamabbas Khakoo, Buena Park, CA
    10. Mr. Haneef Maustafaa, Maywood, IL
    11. Dr. Hussain Dashti, Gainesville, FL
    12. Mr. Javad Torabinejad, Blacksburg, VA
    13. Mr. Jim Stamm, Tucson, AZ
    14. Engr. Khalid Shaukat, Silver Spring, MD
    15. Mr. Kobir Ahmed Chowdhury, Brooklyn, NY
    16. Ms. Lyna Snow, San Antonio, TX
    17. Mr. Meer Husain, Wichita, KS
    18. Ms. Mary Singer, Spokane, WA
    19. Mr. Milad Ali Ershaghi, Claremont, CA
    20. Mr. Mirza Shahid Basravi, Irvine, CA
    21. Mr. Mohamed Lotfy, Aurora, CO
    22. Mr. Mohamedraza H.Janmohamed, Sanford, FL
    23. Mr. Mohammad Al-Bedaiwi, Austin, TX
    24. Mr. Mohammed Yahya Shaikh, Culver City, CA
    25. Mr. Muzzammil Dadabhoy, Huntington Beach, CA
    26. Mr. Naeem Ahmed Kanwer, Concord, CA
    27. Mr. Omar Alnuaimi, Fayetteville, AR
    28. Mr. Omar E. Domkus, Phoenix, AZ
    29. Mr. Omer Subhani, Fort Lauderdale, FL
    30. Mr. Paul Burnham, Chino Valley, AZ
    31. Mr. Qaiser Imam, Asutin, TX
    32. Ms. Ruth Jeffery, Baton Rouge, LA
    33. Mr. Saleem Akhtar, Sugar Land TX
    34. Imam Salim Chishti, New Lebanon, NY
    35. Dr. Salman Zafar Shaikh, NJ
    36. Mr. Sharaaz Khan Qadri, Sacramento, CA
    37. Mr. Taalib Abdul-Malik, Douglasville, GA
    38. Mr. Tim Gleason, Ewa Beach, HI
    39. Dr. Youssef Ismail, San Francisco, CA

  46. Venezuela:
    1. Mr. Faisil Hoosen, San Felix

  47. Virgin Islands:
    1. Mr. Michael A. Simmonds Jr.

  48. Yemen:
    1. Mr. Mushtaq Anwer Ali Rashid

  49. Zambia:
    1. Mr. Ismail Ebrahim Omer, Lusaka
    2. Mr. Idris Suleman, Kafue

    Total Members = 193
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Khalid Shaukat Khalid4Shaukat Khalid Shaukat, the founder of Moonsighting Committee Worldwide (MCW), is regarded as the Moonsighting Man by his friends. He is a scientist/engineer involved in research work in science and engineering since 1967. He has also studied at an Islamic school in India learning Arabic, Qur'an, Hadith, Fiqh, Tajweed, and Qir'at.

Specialized in physics, mathematics, computer programming, and computational astronomy, he is actively doing research work for over 40 years on Prayer Schedule, Qibla Direction, Islamic Calendar, and Science of Moonsighting, serving Muslim Ummah all across the world. Through this web site he has provided Prayer Schedule, Qibla Direction, and Moonsighting information to more than 250,000 people in more than 5,500 cities, almost every Country in the World (215 countries) including small islands and even polar regions (Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Alaska), where the sun does not rise or set for several months. Several mosques in USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Caribbean Islands have been built with his help in the orientation of Qibla direction.

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He has published articles on moonsighting and Islamic calendar in various journals and publications. He made presentations at various seminars, such as Moon-sighting seminars, American Muslims Social Scientists (AMSS) Convention, Islam in America Conventions, and Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Annual Conventions. He has given lectures on Moonsighting, Prayer Times, and Qibla Direction in many countries of the world (e.g., USA, Canada, UK, Guyana, Trinidad, Bermuda, Morocco, and Kenya). He collects moonsighting reports from all over the world and correlates them with calculations, improving the algorithm, to calculate crescent moon's visibility, that has consistently proven to match with actual sighting every month since 1993.

   

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