PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIA - JUNE 16: An officer of Malaysia's Islamic authority works with a theodolite to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan on June 16, 2015 in Putrajaya, Malaysia.  Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar calendar's ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month during which observing believers fast from dawn to dusk.  Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan with the Eid al-Fitr festival.  ( Mohd Samsul Mohd Said/Getty Images)