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Momodou
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 Posted - 08 Jul 2014 : 08:08:53
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I was adviced to follow the time table of the nearest city with a normal sunrise and sunset such as Oslo when I was in Greenland above the Arctic Circle.
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Ramadan in Sweden with no dusk, no dawn
During summer, the sun never sets in Sweden's northernmost town, posing challenges for Muslims observing the holy month.
By Cajsa Wikstrom
Aljazeera Online: 07 Jul 2014 20:37
 Kiruna, Sweden - During this year's holy month of Ramadan, when consumption of food and water is prohibited between dawn and dusk, how do Muslims observing the fast manage in the far north of Scandinavia, where the sun never sets?
An estimated 700 Muslims are spending Ramadan in the mining town of Kiruna, located 145km north of the Arctic Circle and surrounded by snowcapped mountains throughout the summer. Many of them are recent asylum seekers, sent to Kiruna while their claims are processed.
The sun stays up around the clock from May 28-July 16, which constitutes half of the fasting period this year.
"I started Ramadan by having suhoor with the sun shining in my eyes at 3:30 in the morning," said Ghassan Alankar from Syria, referring to the meal just before dawn.
"I put double curtains in my room and still, there's light when I'm going to sleep."
Since there is no central authority in Sunni Islam that could issue a definite religious ruling, or fatwa, Muslims in the north are using at least four different timetables to break the fast.
Alankar sticks to Mecca time, Saudi Arabia, "because it's the birthplace of Islam". But he is worried about whether his fast will be accepted by God.
"I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing," said Alankar, who arrived in Kiruna seven months ago after a hazardous journey via Lebanon, Turkey and Greece "Only when I'm in God's house, if I make it to heaven, I will know."
No dusk, no dawn
The start of Ramadan is determined by the sighting of the new moon, which moves about 11 days back in the Gregorian calendar each year. About every 33 years, Ramadan falls at the same time.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Jul 2014 : 21:32:23
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FASTING IS NOT ABOUT SLEEPING OR SLEEPING NOT RECOMMENDED but what about those working long NIGHT SHIFTS (8 - 12 hrs) finishing early hours of morning (between 6am-8am), need to sleep for losing a sleepless night working, also observing the Ramadan fasting and required to start following evening to continue working following NIGHT SHIFT; continuously for a number of nights weekly? How should they handle sleeping during day and how many hours allow to sleep, stay awake for sake of fasting? NIGHT SHIFTS ARE COMMON IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND IN QUR'AN FASTING IS SPECIFIED FROM DAWN TO DUSK.
ANY IDEAS IN QUR'AN, SUNNAH OR HADITH? |
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