Thomas: Touché! Blessed as you are with extraordinary brainpower. Muslims are allowed to not fast both during travel and while at wikimania so long as they'll pay back the un-fasted days by fasting at a later date.
> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:49:36 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Problematic aspects of hosting the next conference > in Haifa, Israel > > On 12 August 2010 22:00, Moushira Elamrawy <[email protected]> wrote: > > As for Wikimania and Ramadan (thanks to Phoebe for bringing this up) > > actually, the presence of the mosque is not as troublesome as the fact of > > having to fast (no eating or driniking) from sun rise to sunset, and do > > additional spiritual rituals, while you need to attend sessions, analyze and > > concentrat for a whole day. For those who realize fasting as myself, the > > decision to travel to attend a conference in Ramadan will be difficult, but > > will it be reason enough to consider shifting the conference date? > > I studied Islam in some detail at GCSE (British exams taken aged 16, > which was 7 years ago for me, so I can't remember all of it) and I > seem to remember something about an exception to the fasting for > people travelling (with the missed days taken later). I'm not sure > whether "travelling" only includes days actually spent travelling from > one place to another or if it includes any days spent away from home, > but could that exception make life a little easier for Muslims wanting > to come to Wikimania? > > (Incidentally, Phoebe didn't bring it up, she was just forwarding an > email from WereSpielChequers, so he's the one you should thank.) > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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