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[Ramadan Mubarak] - Happy Ramadan

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posted on 28/6/14

^That was very unbiased comment..

posted on 28/6/14

You need to come to SOAS to find that answer.
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You're enrolled in SOAS?

posted on 28/6/14

You're enrolled in SOAS?
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No...

posted on 28/6/14

Course you are! You have a serious head on you, just come on here to blow off steam like the rest of us.

For info, in Islamic terms after sunset is the start of the new day, thereby technically Ramadan has started.

posted on 28/6/14

In this case, the moon has to be seen by someone, right?

posted on 28/6/14

comment by MafiaBoy (U8613)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
^That was very unbiased comment..
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Hard to be unbiased about the truth lad.

posted on 29/6/14

the moon sighting is to do with the start of the new month, (Ramadan being one of the months.)

The moon has been placed as a calendar, the "new moon" appears for a short time in the evening, a thin silvery segment, and each subsequent day gets larger until it reaches a "full moon" which marks the middle of the month, after which the segments start getting smaller until they disappear.

Typically this cycle is 29 days, with the sighting of the "new moon" again marking the start of a new month. Where the new moon isn't sighted then the current month will have 30 days, and the next month will start the day after that.

Right have consumed a bowl of muesli, portion of belvita biscuits and two glasses of vimto cordial.

Will that get me through to 21:30?

It'll have to!

comment by Bãlès (U3582)

posted on 29/6/14

What do they do in the Arctic circle?

comment by Bãlès (U3582)

posted on 29/6/14

Serious question btw, if the sun never sets..?

Just curious

posted on 29/6/14

Good question, the convention, I believe, is to take the times from the nearest place where the sun does set.

posted on 29/6/14

Going to be fasting from 3:21 to 7:08 out here. Right now it isn't so hot as it rained the past few days but it's going to be tough without water the next few days...

posted on 29/6/14

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comment by CurrentlyInChina84 (U11181)
posted 35 seconds ago
Dogs always chase me. No idea why.
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They may think you are a sheep.
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Is not always to bite me. One big fricken golden retriever tried to mount me. Other dog left it's owner and followed me home.
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Do you work in the butchers or something?
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No. It's just something that happens.

posted on 29/6/14

Going to be fasting from 3:21 to 7:08 out here.
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Only 4 hours fasting?

posted on 29/6/14

comment by Mauricio's smile (U3582)
posted 6 hours, 18 minutes ago
Serious question btw, if the sun never sets..?

Just curious
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I believe they use the times in Mecca when they are up against a situation like this.

posted on 29/6/14

Almost 9 hours in and still have just under 11 more hours to go...

comment by Bãlès (U3582)

posted on 29/6/14

Lads

Have a good one

posted on 29/6/14

Fair play to you guys fasting

posted on 29/6/14

Not so bad the first day. And only had noodles for suhoor

posted on 29/6/14

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posted on 29/6/14

Yeah it does, every day for the next 28.5 days.

posted on 29/6/14

Ramadan Mubarak to all my brothers and sisters on here. May Allah accept your good deeds.

The fasts here are only from 4:17am to 7:14pm. Lucky us.

posted on 29/6/14

6 hours left

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 29/6/14

3.5 hours left

anybody hungry?

mahmood what country are you from?

posted on 29/6/14

Was but it has now passed, on the home stretch now.

comment by Robin (U3899)

posted on 29/6/14

1.7 hours left

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