The Ramadan Pole Paradox: Difference between revisions
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'''''"Why can't a Muslim fast during Ramadan near the Poles?"'''''<BR> | '''''"Why can't a Muslim fast during Ramadan near the Poles?"'''''<BR> | ||
A Muslim will start the fast | A Muslim will start the fast at daybreak and end it at sunset. Considering the Sun will be up in the sky for days and weeks and months, Muslims will have to starve to death. Our bodies can survive for multiple days without [[food]] but we will die without water. | ||
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'''''"How long does a Muslim need to fast in theses countries which are close to the pole?"'''''<BR> | '''''"How long does a Muslim need to fast in theses countries which are close to the pole?"'''''<BR> | ||
See the following list. Fasting begins at | See the following list. Fasting begins at Dawn and ends at Sunset.<br /> | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" width = "90%" class=wikitable | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" width = "90%" class=wikitable | ||
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! SUNRISE | ! SUNRISE | ||
! SUNSET | ! SUNSET | ||
! LENGTH OF | ! LENGTH OF FAST | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Norway | |Oslo, Norway | ||
|Jun | |Jun 28, 2014 | ||
| | |2:27 AM | ||
|10: | |10:43 PM | ||
| | |20h 16m | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Alaska | |Juneau, Alaska | ||
|Jun | |Jun 28, 2014 | ||
| | |2:25 AM | ||
| | |10:07 PM | ||
|19h | |19h 42m | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Iceland | |Reykjavik, Iceland | ||
|Jun | |Jun 30, 2014 | ||
| | |1:34 AM | ||
| | |12:02 AM | ||
| | |22h 28m | ||
|} | |} | ||
So if a Muslim was fasting in Iceland, they would have to fast for | So if a Muslim was fasting in Iceland, they would have to fast for nearly the entire day. | ||
'''''"Why is it not a valid solution to follow the schedule of our original country?"'''''<BR> | '''''"Why is it not a valid solution to follow the schedule of our original country?"'''''<BR> | ||
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'''''"What if a Muslim astronaut (e.g. Anousheh Ansari<ref>Behrouz Saba - [http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=894da88516d540eef2d9b4b388da8c8e First Female Muslim Astronaut Could Help Bridge U.S.-Iran Gap] - New America Media, September 20, 2006</ref>) goes in space and wants to pray salat or keep a fast?"'''''<BR> | '''''"What if a Muslim astronaut (e.g. Anousheh Ansari<ref>Behrouz Saba - [http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=894da88516d540eef2d9b4b388da8c8e First Female Muslim Astronaut Could Help Bridge U.S.-Iran Gap] - New America Media, September 20, 2006</ref>) goes in space and wants to pray salat or keep a fast?"'''''<BR> | ||
A Muslim astronaut would not be able to face Mecca if they were in orbit or at the [[moon]], so scholars have taken matters into their own hands by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Muszaphar_Shukor#Spaceflight_and_religion creating] a handbook called ''Guidelines for Performing Islamic Rites (Ibadah) at the International Space Station''. It must be mentioned that if a Muslim astronaut would spend time [[Salah|praying]] to [[Allah]] and keeping the fast on the moon, he/she would most likely be putting the mission in danger. | A Muslim astronaut would not be able to face Mecca if they were in orbit or at the [[moon]], so scholars have taken matters into their own hands by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Muszaphar_Shukor#Spaceflight_and_religion creating] a handbook called ''Guidelines for Performing Islamic Rites (Ibadah) at the International Space Station''. It must be mentioned that if a Muslim astronaut would spend time [[Salah|praying]] to [[Allah]] and keeping the fast on the moon, he/she would most likely be putting the mission in danger. Additionally, there is no compulsion to fast when traveling, and space missions clearly qualify as travel. | ||