The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated?
In less than two weeks time, our Muslim friends will celebrate Syawal. Before Syawal, there is Ramadhan in which they will undergo a month of fasting without food and beverage from dawn to dusk, a period of nine to twenty hours a day, depending on where they are. Generally, Muslims living near to...
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| description | In less than two weeks time, our Muslim friends will celebrate Syawal. Before Syawal, there is Ramadhan in which they will undergo a month of fasting without food and beverage from dawn to dusk, a period of nine to twenty hours a day, depending on where they are.
Generally, Muslims living near to the North pole (e.g. Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) will fast longer than their counterparts in the Southern hemisphere (e.g. Argentina and Chile). |
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| spelling | unimas-106232016-03-01T01:50:30Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10623/ The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? Yow, Chong Lee H Social Sciences (General) In less than two weeks time, our Muslim friends will celebrate Syawal. Before Syawal, there is Ramadhan in which they will undergo a month of fasting without food and beverage from dawn to dusk, a period of nine to twenty hours a day, depending on where they are. Generally, Muslims living near to the North pole (e.g. Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) will fast longer than their counterparts in the Southern hemisphere (e.g. Argentina and Chile). 2015-01 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10623/1/The%20non-Muslim%20Fasting%20Sensation.pdf Yow, Chong Lee (2015) The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? The Malay Mail Online. http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/the-non-muslims-fasting-sensations-real-or-fabricated-yow-chong-lee |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Yow, Chong Lee The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? |
| title | The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? |
| title_full | The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? |
| title_fullStr | The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? |
| title_short | The non-Muslim fasting sensation: Real or fabricated? |
| title_sort | non-muslim fasting sensation: real or fabricated? |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10623/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10623/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10623/1/The%20non-Muslim%20Fasting%20Sensation.pdf |