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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The meeting time and link should be included in this announcement. Often times, our followers will share with others<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ohio-Communities-of-Faith <ohio-communities-of-faith-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>carolyn peters via Ohio-Communities-of-Faith<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 18, 2023 5:22 AM<br><b>To:</b> ohio-communities-of-faith@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> carolyn peters <drcarolyn-peters@att.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Ramadan 2023: Fasting hours and iftar times around the world | Interactive News | Al Jazeera<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On April 25, 2023 Ali Benmerzouga From the Cleveland Chapter will make a presentation on Ramadan. Please read and hope to see you on zoom. Cheerfully,<br><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/20/ramadan-2023-fasting-hours-and-iftar-times-around-the-world">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/20/ramadan-2023-fasting-hours-and-iftar-times-around-the-world</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=article><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:14.55pt'><span style='font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Ramadan 2023: Fasting hours and iftar times around the world<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style='margin-top:0in;mso-line-height-alt:15.25pt;text-align:start;color:rgba(27, 27, 27, 0.65);max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;font-weight:normal'>The pre-sunrise to sunset fast lasts anywhere from 12 to 18 hours, depending on where in the world you are.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div style='margin-bottom:17.4pt;text-align:start;max-width:100%'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><a href="/author/mohammed_haddad_201131616430386826"><span style='color:#416ED2'>Mohammed Haddad</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. INTERACTIVE - Ramadan 2023 - poster"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>(Al Jazeera)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The Muslim holy month of Ramadan will <a href="/news/2023/3/16/infographic-when-is-ramadan-2023" target="_blank"><span style='color:#416ED2'>begin</span></a> on Thursday. The pre-sunrise to sunset fast lasts anywhere from 12 to 18 hours, depending on where you are in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Muslims believe that <a href="/news/2023/3/22/listen-to-ramadan-greetings-in-different-languages" target="_blank"><span style='color:#416ED2'>Ramadan</span></a> is the month when the first verses of the holy book <a href="/news/longform/2022/4/27/visualising-the-quran" target="_blank"><span style='color:#416ED2'>Quran</span></a> were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad more than 1,400 years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The fast entails abstinence from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual relations during daylight hours to achieve greater “taqwa”, or consciousness of God.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Why does Ramadan start on different dates every year?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Ramadan begins 10 to 12 days earlier each year. This is because the Islamic calendar is based on the lunar Hijri calendar with months that are 29 or 30 days long.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>This year, the first day of fasting in Mecca will be on Thursday, <a href="/news/2023/3/16/infographic-when-is-ramadan-2023" target="_blank"><span style='color:#416ED2'>March 23</span></a>, Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Because the lunar year is shorter than the solar year by 11 days, Ramadan will be observed twice in the year 2030 – first beginning on January 5 and then starting on December 25.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The next time Ramadan will start after March 23 will be 33 years from now – in the year 2056.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. INTERACTIVE - Ramadan 2023 - 33 year calendar 2056"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Fasting, iftar times around the world<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The number of daylight hours varies across the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Muslims living in the world’s southernmost countries, such as Chile or New Zealand, will fast for an average of 12 hours while those living in northernmost countries, such as Iceland or Greenland, will have 17-plus hours fasts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><h3 style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Sign up for Al Jazeera<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h4 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Week in the Middle East<o:p></o:p></span></h4></div></div></div></div><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>For Muslims living in the Northern Hemisphere, the number of fasting hours will be a bit shorter this year and will continue to decrease until 2031, which is the year Ramadan will encompass the winter solstice – the shortest day of the year. After that, fasting hours will increase until the summer solstice – the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>For Muslims living south of the equator, the opposite will happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>The predawn meal to start the daily fast is called suhoor, while the breaking of one’s fast after sunset is called iftar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Click or hover over the dots on the map below to see the suhoor and iftar times on the first day of Ramadan 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>In extreme northernmost cities, such as Longyearbyen in Norway, where the sun does not set from April 20 to August 22, religious rulings have been issued to follow timings in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, or the nearest Muslim country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Below are the average number of fasting hours in cities around the world. Actual fasting hours and times will vary by day, as well as calculation methods:<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Which cities have the longest fasting hours?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>– Nuuk, Greenland: 17 hours<br>– Reykjavik, Iceland: 17 hours<br>– Helsinki, Finland: 17 hours<br>– Stockholm, Sweden: 17 hours<br>– Glasgow, Scotland: 17 hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. INTERACTIVE - Ramadan 2023 - Longest fasting hours"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>(Al Jazeera) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>– Amsterdam, the Netherlands: 16 hours<br>– Warsaw, Poland: 16 hours<br>– London, UK: 16 hours<br>– Astana, Kazakhstan: 16 hours<br>– Brussels, Belgium: 16 hours<br>– Paris, France: 15 hours<br>– Zurich, Switzerland: 15 hours<br>– Bucharest, Romania: 15 hours<br>– Ottawa, Canada: 15 hours<br>– Sofia, Bulgaria: 15 hours<br>– Rome, Italy: 15 hours<br>– Madrid, Spain: 15 hours<br>– Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: 15 hours<br>– Lisbon, Portugal: 14 hours<br>– Athens, Greece: 14 hours<br>– Beijing, China: 14 hours<br>– Washington, DC, US: 14 hours<br>– Pyongyang, North Korea: 14 hours<br>– Ankara, Turkey: 14 hours<br>– Rabat, Morocco: 14 hours<br>– Tokyo, Japan: 14 hours<br>– Islamabad, Pakistan: 14 hours<br>– Kabul, Afghanistan: 14 hours<br>– Tehran, Iran: 14 hours<br>– Baghdad, Iraq: 14 hours<br>– Beirut, Lebanon: 14 hours<br>– Damascus, Syria: 14 hours<br>– Cairo, Egypt: 14 hours<br>– Jerusalem: 14 hours<br>– Kuwait City, Kuwait: 14 hours<br>– Gaza City, Palestine: 14 hours<br>– New Delhi, India: 14 hours<br>– Hong Kong: 14 hours<br>– Dhaka, Bangladesh: 14 hours<br>– Muscat, Oman: 14 hours<br>– Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: 14 hours<br>– Doha, Qatar: 14 hours<br>– Dubai, UAE: 14 hours<br>– Aden, Yemen: 14 hours<br>– Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 13 hours<br>– Dakar, Senegal: 13 hours<br>– Abuja, Nigeria: 13 hours<br>– Colombo, Sri Lanka: 13 hours<br>– Bangkok, Thailand: 13 hours<br>– Khartoum, Sudan: 13 hours<br>– Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 13 hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. INTERACTIVE - Ramadan 2023 - Shortest fasting southern hours"></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Which cities have the shortest fasting hours?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>– Singapore: 13 hours<br>– Nairobi, Kenya: 13 hours<br>– Luanda, Angola: 13 hours<br>– Jakarta, Indonesia: 13 hours<br>– Brasilia, Brazil: 13 hours<br>– Harare, Zimbabwe: 13 hours<br>– Johannesburg, South Africa: 13 hours<br>– Buenos Aires, Argentina: 12 hours<br>– Ciudad del Este, Paraguay: 12 hours<br>– Cape Town, South Africa: 12 hours<br>– Montevideo, Uruguay: 12 hours<br>– Canberra, Australia: 12 hours<br>– Puerto Montt, Chile: 12 hours<br>– Christchurch, New Zealand: 12 hours<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-line-height-alt:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Ramadan greetings in different languages<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Various Muslim-majority nations have a personalised <a href="/news/2023/3/22/listen-to-ramadan-greetings-in-different-languages" target="_blank"><span style='color:#416ED2'>greeting</span></a> in their native languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>“Ramadan Mubarak” and “Ramadan Kareem” are common greetings exchanged in this period, wishing the recipient a blessed and generous month, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p style='mso-line-height-alt:16.55pt'><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>Listen to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ramadan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span style='color:#416ED2'>#Ramadan</span></a> greetings in different languages.<a href="https://t.co/6o4o6jrope"><span style='color:#416ED2'>https://t.co/6o4o6jrope</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:16.55pt;max-width:100%'><i><span style='font-size:18.5pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'>— AJ Labs (@ajlabs) <a href="https://twitter.com/ajlabs/status/1638781883382210560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"><span style='color:#416ED2'>March 23, 2023</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p></blockquote></div><p style='line-height:18.0pt;max-width:100%'><a href="/news/2023/3/22/listen-to-ramadan-greetings-in-different-languages" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif;color:#416ED2;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:~WRD0001.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. INTERACTIVE Ramadan greetings in different languages"></span></a><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"-apple-system-font",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Reverend Dr. Carolyn Peters, National Federation Of The Blind, Ohio, affiliate, vice president, 937-657-5134,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dr.Carolyn.peters@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>NFB pledge: I pledge to participate, actively in the efforts of The National Federation Of The Blind, to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind to support the policies and programs of the Federation, and to abide by its constitution.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>NFB, one minute speech: The National Federation Of The Blind knows that blindness is not a characteristic that defines you or your future. every day we raise. 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