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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just read it. It doesn’t specifically say Jewish people can TW every Friday or Muslims can telework the whole month of Ramadan.

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It specifically mentions fasting as a reason,  which would cover Ramadan. I hope this makes people's lives easier! [/quote]

I am not muslim, but another mainstream faith that fasts for a season.

The point of fasting in my faith tradition is that you carry on with daily life through those40 days, don't complain, and offer up the discomfort of fasting and suffering without changing your daily schedule.  Isn't ramadan fasting the same?  Fasting with special accomodations to make the sacrifice easier is not the way the fasting is done.  Are there any devout muslims here that can affirm or correct?[/quote]

No that is not the case. In Muslim countries, regular life pretty much shuts down in Ramadan. Ramadan isn’t just fasting - there are nightly prayers in the mosque every day. Particularly in the last ten nights you pretty much try to stay up as late as you can in prayer. Also, you are generally waking up around 5ish am for the predawn meal. Commuting for 1-2 hours a day on top of all this is incredible difficult. Not impossible but very difficult.

In your faith tradition, when you fast for 40 days, do you completely abstain from all food and drink (yes, even water)? In my experience the long days and prolonged periods of no water day after day are exhausting by the second or third week.
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