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Show Period of Rigorous Faatlng. ( Tbe faat of Ilamadan, "the month ' if raging leat." commemorates tbe terlod in which the first part of the ' Coran la aald to have been received. Vben observed according to the com- . nanda of the prophet It Is a fast of xtraordlnary rigor. No food or drink f any kind Is permitted to be taken ' rom daybreak until the appearance of he atara at night This abstinence 1 i absolutely binding upon the faith- ' ul, whether at home or abroad, and nly those who are seriously III are icepted from its provisions. These lust keep the fait as soon afterward c a possible, far a like number of daya P |