Echoing the system of stars for conventional hotels, Sharia accommodation is labelled with the crescent moon, a symbol associated with Islam, with the best receiving three.

The city fell on June 4, a night when the Moon and Venus were quite close together in the evening sky, leading some to attribute to this scene the crescent and star's significance to Islam.

Eid al-Fitr is expected to be celebrated by Muslims across the world this weekend, in one of the two most significant holidays in the Islamic calendar. The second celebration is Eid al-Adha - 'the ...