The Holy month of Ramadan will surely be testing the Taqwa of some Muslims this year as English.alarabiya.net reports that Muslims living in Britain will be fasting for an estimated 19 hours throughout this month. Given the fact that Ramadan occurs during the summer season this year, fasting will prove to be a very challenging task although equally inspiring and revitalising as well.
A 19 hour fast means that Muslims will only have about five hours between Iftar
(the breaking fast meal at sunset) and Suhour (the pre-dawn meal). This is a very small window of time, almost half compared to other parts of the world like the Middle East and South East Asia. This is due to location as well as the time of year.
It has also been reported that the European Council for Fatwa and Research is studying some issues linked to fasting in countries where the afternoons are extremely long.
Muslims around the globe fasting during daylight hours for 30 days.
The Central Mosque in London has published the Ramadan calendar for 2014 and it states that dawn prayers (Fajr prayer) on day one of Ramadan will be at 2.48am while the sunset prayers (Magrib prayer) and time for Iftar will be at 9.25pm. Isha prayers will be at 11.03pm followed by Taravih.
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