Many Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, which this year, will last up to 19 hours in the UK.<\/p>\n
Fasting begins before sunrise with a meal known as Suhoor<\/em>, and ends at sunset with a meal known as Iftar.<\/em><\/p>\n The month of Ramadan is determined by the lunar cycle, as is the Islamic Calendar. It will run from 6th<\/sup> June to about 5th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n However, the timing is completely dependent on the moon, which is why it shifts each year compared to the Western Calendar.<\/p>\n Previously this year, exam boards announced that key GCSE and A-level examinations were timetabled taking into account the holy month, in the summer.<\/p>\n The Muslim Council of Britain cautioned those who are fasting to be cautious throughout he long and hot hours between sunrise and sunset.<\/p>\n They advise that it is important to drink lots of water between Iftar and Suhoor, <\/em>as there is a severe danger of dehydration during hot weather.<\/p>\n London\u2019s first Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, tweeted: \u201cfasting won\u2019t be easy, & it\u2019s coffee, I will miss the most.\u201d<\/p>\n Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar, a month in which the Qur\u2019an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).<\/p>\n It is a time when Muslims fast during daylight hours. It lasts for either 29 or 30 days.<\/p>\n Fasting is obligatory for all healthy Muslims as one of the five pillars of Islam. It is a trial of patience and endurance whilst abstaining from eating, drinking and sexual relations.<\/p>\n The end of Ramadan is marked by a celebration called \u201cEid-ul-Fitr\u201d which is the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast where Muslims rejoice the achievement of Ramadan.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset, which this year, will last up to 19 hours in the UK. Fasting begins before sunrise with a meal known as Suhoor, and ends at sunset with a meal known as Iftar. The month of Ramadan is determined by the lunar cycle, as is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":14654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,43,37,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-lifestyle","category-local-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}