As a heat wave grips large parts of the country, ask yourself this: Would you turn down a glass of water? If you’re Muslim, you probably would, because it is the month of Ramadan, when Muslims can’t eat or drink from sunup to sundown.
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For Johari Abdul Malik, it’s not water that he craves. It’s his daily soy green-tea latte with a shot of espresso. And Malik, a Virginia cleric, says it’s not just Muslims who feel the effects of fasting. He recalls running into a barista from the Starbucks near his mosque at this time last year.
“And the guy said to me, ‘Where are all of the people?!” And I told him, ‘Oh, nobody told you. It’s Ramadan.’ I said ‘Don’t worry. You will see all of them tonight at precisely 8:24.'”
And they arrived, the minute the sun went down.