Muslims are just days away from one of the biggest celebrations in the Islamic calendar – Eid al-Fitr. After a month of fasting during daylight hours for Ramadan, the festival is a joyous event to break the fast.

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.