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Fasting

Eid 2017 In South Africa: Here’s What You Need To Know
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/ 23 June 2017

Eid 2017 In South Africa: Here’s What You Need To Know

The Daily Vox team breaks down what Eid is all about and how it’s celebrated in South Africa.

By Fatima Moosa
Ramadan in St Petersburg – the city where the sun doesn’t set
Article
/ 18 June 2015

Ramadan in St Petersburg – the city where the sun doesn’t set

As Ramadan starts on Thursday, Muslims in St Petersburg and elsewhere in northern Russia face an obstacle that the prophet surely didn’t envision.

By Alec Luhn
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/ 17 August 2011

India protests increase as anti-graft activist fasts

Protests swelled across India in support of a campaigner fasting to the death in jail against government corruption.

By Arup Roychoudhury
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/ 11 September 2008

Good for the soul, bad for the waistline

Fasting may be good for your soul, but an expert says it may not be so good for your waistline.

By Belinda Beresford

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