6 hours agoMuslims living in these countries will fast for 22 hours
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(8 years ago)Muslims living in the town of Kiruna, north of Sweden, will fast about 20 to 22 hours during Ramadan this year. According to the Calendar of the Headship of Religious Affairs (Diyant), Muslims in the city of Kiruna on the first day of the month of Ramadan will fast 19 hours and 53 minutes, while on the last day, 13 [...]
According to the Religious Affairs Chiefship calendar (Diyant), Muslims in the city of Kiruna on the first day of the month of Ramadan will fast 19 hours and 53 minutes, while on the last day of June 13th, 21 hours and 58 minutes, AA reports.
Muslims in Norway's city of Tromso will also fast 19 hours and 50 minutes on the last day 21 hours and 59 minutes.
Meanwhile, in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, Muslims will be fasting 19 hours and 11 minutes on the first day and 21 hours and 48 minutes on the last day of the month of Ramadan.
Chat Towery, the director of the Fittja mosque sit in Stockholm, for AA, said that “because the month of Ramadan this year begins in mid-May, Muslims in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, in Finland's capital, Helsinki, and in Denmark's capital, Copenhagen, initially will fast 19 hours, which at the end of the month of Ramadan will reach as much as 22 orë”.
“Mymilians living in the cities of Kiruna, Tromso and Reykjavik, located closer to the North Pole and where the days are longer, will begin to observe the fast at first 21 hours and, after spending the middle of the month, their fasting period is about 22 hours”, Towery said.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Swedish Islamic Federation, Tahir Akan, also noted that along with 52 federation associations are ready for the month of Ramadan.
Stressing that regardless of the long time in northern countries, Muslims can easily observe fasting because the weather is not too hot.
The fast we hold on short, up to 9-10 hours in midwinter, there is no difference with the fast we hold during”, Akan added.
