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Just to add to this, an anecdote that might make some Muslim Redditors smile:
Ramadan is (affectionatly, I assure you) referred to as “Lent, but for Overachievers.” By both my brother and mother who have many Muslim Coworkers. Our family is Catholic, so obvious parallels were spotted to a period of prayer, fasting and reflection. I imagine the custom developed for similar theological reasons.
As with Lent, you’re not supposed to push yourself to the point of injury, but from the stories my mother has told me about coworkers fainting during long period of fasting between dawn and dusk (which, thinking about it, probably weren’t envisioned for a global population where the length of days can vary drastically) this isn’t always stuck to.
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