{"id":22634,"date":"2026-02-18T08:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=22634"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:47:54","slug":"ai-drones-used-in-ramadan-crescent-sighting-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2026\/02\/18\/ai-drones-used-in-ramadan-crescent-sighting-in-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"AI, Drones Used In Ramadan Crescent Sighting In UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"read\">The Ramadan Crescent Sighting Committee for 1447 AH, formed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uaetoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UAE<\/a> Council For Fatwa, utilised drones equipped with advanced scientific features alongside artificial intelligence to analyse images captured from observatories across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">In statements to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Dr. Omar Habtoor Al Darei, Chairman of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs, Endowments and Zakat, said the move reflects the Committee\u2019s commitment to achieving the highest standards of accuracy, combining the Shariah-based approach rooted in the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s (PBUH) saying, \u201cFast upon sighting it and break your fast upon sighting it,\u201d with the benefits of modern science and advanced technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read\">&#8220;The Committee\u2019s work involved coordination between specialists and astronomers and relied on data from six observatories across the UAE, underscoring the country\u2019s commitment to transparency and precision,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ramadan Crescent Sighting Committee for 1447 AH, formed under the UAE Council For Fatwa, utilised drones equipped with advanced scientific features alongside artificial intelligence to analyse images captured from observatories across the country. In statements to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Dr. Omar Habtoor Al Darei, Chairman of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22638,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22634\/revisions\/22638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}