Jakarta, TheIndonesiaPost – All Muslims throughout the world today began to practice fasting. Despite having to struggle in the middle of a corona pandemic.
Different countries have different fasting periods or durations. Starting from 11 to 15 hours.
But do you know which country has the longest duration? Quoted from Al Jazeera, this year Greenland, Norway, and Finland recorded the longest fasting duration of 20 hours a day.
While the shortest duration of fasting lived by Muslims in South Africa, Australia, and Chile for 11 hours 5 minutes. Muslims in Indonesia will start fasting with a duration ranging from 13 hours for western Indonesia, 14 hours in central Indonesia, and 15 hours for eastern regions. (ras/bbs)
The following is a list of countries and their duration of fasting:
– Greenland, Norway, Finland 20 hours
– Russia 19 hours 13 minutes
– Sweden, Germany 19 hours
– Denmark, Poland, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom 18 hours 5 minutes
– Belgium, Switzerland 18 hours
– Romania 17.5 hours
– France, Italy, Canada, Afghanistan 17 hours
– Spain, Portugal, Greece, China, United States, North Korea, Turkey 16 hours 5 minutes
– Japan, Morocco, Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon, Syria 16 hours
– Egypt, Jerusalem, Kuwait, Gaza, Palestine 15 hours 5 minutes
– India, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates 15 hours
– Sudan 14 hours 5 minutes
– Yemen, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Thailand 14 hours
– Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Singapore 13 hours 5 minutes
– Angola, Jakarta, Indonesia, Kenya 13 hours
– Brazil, Zimbabwe 12 hours 5 minutes
– South Africa 12 hours
– New Zealand, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, Chile 11 hours 5 minutes
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