strict fast
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And it all came from a player who has spent recent weeks managing a strict fast from dawn until sunset to observe Ramadan as a Muslim.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
The three are Muslims who observe Ramadan and began a strict fast from dawn until sunset daily starting March 22 and continuing through April 20.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The Advent lections of these homilists were much the same as those of the Spanish Liber comicus; and they insist on Advent being kept as a strict fast, without marriage celebrations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Instead of imposing a very strict fast, which in the middle of summer is extremely mortifying, the Koran makes its observance optional.
From A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885 by Cherágh Ali
Third, he must observe a strict fast, from morning to night, during every day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Mohammedan year.
From Early European History by Hutton Webster
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