Thomas: Touché! Blessed as you are with extraordinary brainpower. Muslims are allowed to not fast both during travel and while at wikimania so long as they'll pay back the un-fasted days by fasting at a later date.

> Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:49:36 +0100
> From: thomas.dalton@gmail.com
> To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Problematic aspects of hosting the next conference in Haifa, Israel
>
> On 12 August 2010 22:00, Moushira Elamrawy <moushirah@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As for Wikimania and Ramadan (thanks to Phoebe for bringing this up)
> > actually, the presence of the mosque is not as troublesome as the fact of
> > having to fast (no eating or driniking) from sun rise to sunset, and do
> > additional spiritual rituals, while you need to attend sessions, analyze and
> > concentrat for a whole day. For those who realize fasting as myself, the
> > decision to travel to attend a conference in Ramadan will be difficult, but
> > will it be reason enough to consider shifting the conference date?
>
> I studied Islam in some detail at GCSE (British exams taken aged 16,
> which was 7 years ago for me, so I can't remember all of it) and I
> seem to remember something about an exception to the fasting for
> people travelling (with the missed days taken later). I'm not sure
> whether "travelling" only includes days actually spent travelling from
> one place to another or if it includes any days spent away from home,
> but could that exception make life a little easier for Muslims wanting
> to come to Wikimania?
>
> (Incidentally, Phoebe didn't bring it up, she was just forwarding an
> email from WereSpielChequers, so he's the one you should thank.)
>
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