Lent: the meaning of Christian fasting

I must say that I really admire the numerous Muslim faithful who strictly observe Koranic rules during Ramadan. Throughout this month healthy Muslim adults abstain from eating, drinking (even water) and smoking from dawn to dusk. As the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar ((whose time reckoning is tied to the Moon phases), this means that each year it is about 11 days shorter than a solar calendar; for this…

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