Islam isn't some kind of heinous abusive cult that forces people to do things that are dangerous. And even if it was, given that an overwhelmingly large percentage of Muslims observe the fast, you'd think it if was that dangerous, Islam would have died out due to large numbers of dehydration deaths every year.
In most Muslim countries, everyone is fasting from sunup to sundown. Field workers and other manual laborers take/are given long breaks during the hottest part of the day, and most businesses run on severely reduced hours, if they don't shut down entirely. There are also exemptions for anyone travelling more than 50 miles from home (this was far more important before the invention of the car), pregnant women, menstruating women, anyone sick or taking medications.
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Date: 2008-03-24 05:23 pm (UTC)In most Muslim countries, everyone is fasting from sunup to sundown. Field workers and other manual laborers take/are given long breaks during the hottest part of the day, and most businesses run on severely reduced hours, if they don't shut down entirely. There are also exemptions for anyone travelling more than 50 miles from home (this was far more important before the invention of the car), pregnant women, menstruating women, anyone sick or taking medications.