The Difficulties of Fasting in a Non-Islamic Country

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The Difficulties of Fasting in a Non-Islamic Country

This week I have watched a very influential video about fasting in Ramadan as an American. This video helped me understand more about the hardships people go through while fasting in a non-Islamic country. It also helped me think more about why exactly, as a Muslim, do I fast in this particular month. It also shows the great importance in coming together as a family to break the fast together. Ramadan teaches us as Muslims why we fast exactly and what its significance towards Allah.

There are many hardships a Muslim can go through in a non-Islamic country just like America. First, for people in this country it is hard for them to get the concept about us not eating from sunrise to sunset without eating or drinking. For them fasting is not like this, it is rather different. For example, there fast iz like only eating simple foods and drinking water, for us we are not allowed to put a single thing in our mouths or then the fast does not count towards Allah. In the video it showed a girl that was in college still going through ...

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