(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “For Muslims, we have to make special treatment because nowadays too many youngsters are involved in hedonism… The state doesn’t want that,” an official from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), which runs the Northern Kedah state said.
Kedah, which includes the popular resort island of Langkawi, decided in May to ban all entertainment during Ramadan, which is set to start next month.
Ramadan is the holiest month in Islamic calendar.
In Ramadan, adult Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex between dawn and sunset.
The sick and those traveling are exempt from fasting especially if it poses health risks.
Ramadan is a time for prayers, so Muslims increase their efforts and time for prayers to come closer to Allah.
Many Muslims also take Ramadan time as an opportunity to recite the whole of the Quran, or most of it.
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