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Ramadan in high latitude areas
Hi :)
I don't know much about Muslim rules, but I heard Muslim people do fasting while the sun shines in the month of Ramadan.
I think there are many Muslim people in high latitude countries, such as Norway and Sweden. Do they do fasting while the sun shines in their countries?
I think that is too hard for them, because in summer, the daytime in high altitude areas are so long, and there are even white nights in these areas!
How do they behave in Ramadan?
Sorry if I hurt your feelings, I really don't know about Muslim culture...
I was just wondering.
2015年4月15日 13:21
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Hello! This is a quotation answering your question. For more info you can check out the link down below:
"As Hassan Ahmed, a Muslim resident who came to the city from Somalia and works at the Islamic Center of Northern Norway told me, "the sun doesn't set. For 24 hours it's in the middle of the sky." Faced with the impossibility of adhering to the sunrise/sunset rule, Tromsø's Muslims must find alternative ways of determining when to fast. "We have a fatwa," or clerical decree, Ahmed said. "We can correspond the fast to the closest Islamic country, or we can fast with Mecca."
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/07/how-to-fast-for-ramadan-in-the-arctic-where-the-sun-doesnt-set/277834/
2015年4月15日
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Honestly, I don't know about Ramadan in Norway or Sweden. But I just looked it up on the internet and they will do fasting for about 18 hours a day.
Here in Egypt, we do fasting for about 13-14 hours a day. But weather is relatively hot which will make it a little harder. So it's not all about time :)
In fact, the spiritual happiness we feel in Ramadan is totally worth it.
2015年4月15日
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