From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 23:38:28 MST
I was viewing a program about Islam. They mentioned
that true Muslims fast while the sun is up during
the month of Ramadan. Then they said the month is
not a specific time of year, but is based on a lunar
month. I reason that the month of fasting must work
its way around the calendar, so that sometimes
Ramadan is in the winter and a few years later in
the summer. Right?
If that is the case, what happens if Ramadan straddles
the summer solstice and the believer lives north
of the arctic circle? Do they just starve? Anders,
do they have this problem up your way? If Ramadan
is around the winter solstice, those in the far north
would scarcely notice. Seems like the true believer
who didn't like fasting could just move to Damien's
neighborhood in those years which Ramadan was in July,
and Sweden when it was in the December.
How would a true believer in LEO work it? Just
eat quickly while in the earth's shadow? What if
they were in a polar orbit? On Mars? spike
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