ISLAMABAD – The longest fast will be for 20 hours and 45 minutes inRussia’s Murmansk while the shortest will be in Argentina’s Ushualaclocking in at 11 hours, according to *Gulf News*.
With the holy month of Ramazan right around the corner, members of the theMuslim faith will practice tolerance through fasting.
Prayer timings in major cities of these countries were used calculate theintervals between *Fajr* (preceding sunrise) and *Maghrib* (marking sunset)on the expected first day of Ramazan.
The fast in Islamabad will be for 15 hours and 14 minutes.
For example, Russia’s Murmansk only has 3 hours of darkness, before the sunrises again at 1:41am.
While the city of Ushuaia in Argentina has the shortest fasting time in theworld. 11 hours exactly. The sun rises at 6:57am and 5:57pm.
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Dubai will be fasting for 14 hours and 39 minutes on the first day ofRamadan.
Interestingly, countries where sunset and sunrise are too close (less than3 hours apart) or are indistinguishible, *fatwas* have been issued to allowMuslims to follow the timings of the closest city that has distinguishibleday and night timings.
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*The article originally appeared in* *Gulf Newslink*
