Abstract
March 17 is the first day of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Muslim calendar, and in which the prophet Muhammad received his first revelations. During Ramadan, devout Muslims are commanded to fast from dawn to sunset for the whole month.
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Beckford, J.A. (1985) ‘Religious Organisations’, in Hammond, P., The Sacred in a Post-secular Age (University of California Press).
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© 1991 David Barrat, Chris Brown, Tony Cole, Peter de la Cour, David Cutler and Karim Murji, Roger Gomm, Patrick McNeill
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McNeill, P. (1991). Body and Soul. In: Society Today 2. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12065-9_39
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