[Sca-cooks] RE: Handling special diet needs at feasts

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

Actually, because it's calculated by a lunar calendar with no leap
anything (Jews have a leap month to straighten things out every couple of
years and keep the various festivals and holy days approximately the
same time every year), Ramadan moves slowly backwards every year (10 days
or so). So, eventually, it will be during the summer.

Margaret

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Terry Decker wrote:

> I'm sure you mean "far south."  During Ramadan, north of the Arctic Circle
> it's night.  Since the fasting starts at dawn, it is lawful to eat.  Below
> the Arctic Circle, you get to fast for about 3 to 6 hours, depending on
> where you are.  Praise Allah, Ramadan is not in summer.
>
> Bear
>
>
> >Incidentally, what do devout believers in the Islamic faith do
> >at Ramadon if they live up in the far north where the sun does not set in
> >Winter???  Starve for a month???
> >
> >Akim Yaroslavich