{"id":1036,"date":"2015-06-08T03:41:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/publishers\/1036-the-holy-month-of-ramadan\/"},"modified":"2015-06-08T03:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T03:41:22","slug":"the-holy-month-of-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/publishers\/1036-the-holy-month-of-ramadan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Month of Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 9.11999988555908px; line-height: 11.8559999465942px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: black;\">The longest hours of fasting during the upcoming month of Ramadan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: black;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">The longest hours of fasting during the upcoming month of Ramadan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black;\">The fast of<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/islam.about.com\/od\/ramadan\/tp\/ramadan-hub.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: windowtext;\">Ramadan<\/span><\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black;\">is rigorous during the best of times. During long and hot summer days, it may be required observe the fast for as many as sixteen or more hours at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">The number of hours of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan varies from one country to another according to the latitude and longitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Muslims in Denmark will observe the longest fasting period in the world &#8211; for 21 hours, according to the latest maps recording fasting hours across the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Those in Argentina will fast the least number of hours &#8211; 9 hours and 30 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Meanwhile, people in the UAE will fast for about an average 14 hours and 51 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">According to astrologers, the northern hemisphere will observe not only the longest fasting period but also the most heat in at least 33 years during this Ramadan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 11.25pt 0in 10pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">This is because of the Sun passing over the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere, making it the peak of summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The longest hours of fasting during the upcoming month of Ramadan. \u00a0 \u00a0 The longest hours of fasting during the upcoming month of Ramadan. 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