Ramadan fasting dilemma when sun never sets

  Practising Muslims across the world are observing Ramadan. For one month, they are fasting between first light and sunset. But what do Muslims do in a town where the sun never really goes down? The town of Rovaniemi in Finland lies in a land of extremes. At 66 degrees north it straddles the Arctic…

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    The mosque at the top of the world

    North America’s most northern minaret opens (after an epic 2,800-mile journey) The most northern mosque in North America officially opened yesterday in Inuvik, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, where there is a growing Muslim population. The opening marks the end of an arduous journey that saw the building travel over rivers – atop barges – and…

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    North America’s most northerly mosque officially opens in the Arctic

    News Agencies – November 10, 2010 The most northerly mosque in North America officially opened on November 10th, marking an end to an arduous journey that saw the building shipped 4,500 kilometres over narrow, bumpy roads and atop a river barge. Inuvik, a town of 3,300 people north of the Arctic Circle, has some 80…

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