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Sawm. Sawm is fasting. It's the fourth of the Five Pillars of Islam.. Muslims are required to fast during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.. During the 29/30 days of Ramadan all ...

Sawm is particularly associated with Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is the third of five pillars of Islam. During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, ...

It is a big week for the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims - 22 per cent of the entire global population - as they get ready for the holy month of Ramadan.. The annual period will see prayer, fasting ...

So sawm/tsom (fasting) fulfills its two meanings; restrain or abstain, pertains to the restraint engendered by the fast; to rise beyond pertains to the self-improvement results, ...