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Working time for public workers will be from 9 a.m. to 15 p.m. from Monday to Friday, the ministry said in a statement, adding that public institutions’ employees will have time to perform Friday prayers.
Ramadan will most likely fall on Thursday, March 23 in Morocco and in the majority of countries in the Middle East and North Africa region.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs is yet to confirm the official date of Ramadan this year following the crescent moon sighting. Every year, the ministry publishes a note calling on all religious experts to carry out the crescent moon sighting a day or a few days prior to religious events, including Ramadan, to specify the exact start date.
In addition to shortening working hours for Ramadan, Morocco also announced that it will suspend daylight savings time and return to GMT on March 19 at 3 a.m.
Under the measure, Morocco only goes back to GMT during Ramadan as it affects fasting hours.
Morocco suspends GMT+1 exclusively for Ramadan and returns to daylight saving a week following the end of the holy month.
Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, marking a period when Muslims across the world fast from dawn to sunset. Ramadan lasts 29 or 30 days depending on the crescent moon.
