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Full disclosure, I’m not a Muslim, so corrections and comments are welcome.
It’s the holy month of the Muslim calendar and is the anniversary of the Quran’s revelation to Muhammad. He was fasting and meditating in a cave at the time, so during the month Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset to try and get in a similarly spiritual frame of mind. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five main tenets of Islam, so that’s why they have to do it. Assuming they’re healthy enough of course. Pregnant women, little kids, and the elderly don’t have to.
The holiday follows the lunar calendar the Arabs used at the time which is slightly shorter than our current solar calendar (12 lunar months are 354 days), so it slips about a week and a half earlier each year.
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