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Ok, a difficult and delicate subject, some of my Muslim colleagues are fasting for Ramadan, I know full well that I couldn't do it, it involves such long hours without food or drink that I know my concentration and performance would suffer. If I were a doctor or a surgeon I would have serious misgivings about my ability to function properly, how does everyone else feel about this emotive subject? Should our Muslim colleagues have the fasting period off or should we expect them to still function on what is basically a starvation diet with sleep deprivation thrown in?

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I suppose it depends on the individual. Who ever is managing people in that situation will have to decide if they are fit to work, if not then they should be sent home sick like anyone else would be.

WOuld you want to be in a fasting persons taxi or coach though?

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I wouldn't feel confident having an operation done by a fasting surgeon.

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But it is self inflicted 'sickness' - I would make them use their holiday allowance or no pay!

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Fasting is, whatever the religious implications, a personal choice. If you choose to live in a non-Islamic country and you wish to adhere to strict Islamic practise you should do so without it affecting your work or your colleagues. There should be no special treatment for those Muslims who fast; there is none for any other sect.

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I wouldn't have thought that non fasting surgeons will go from dawn to dusk without a bite to eat or even a drink of water. :(

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Seconded :alright: Karma sent.

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it is only during daylight hours- I know some muslims who have a hearty breakfast before sunrise and, after all, how many of us on here have realized, come two or three o clock in the afternoon that we havent eaten yet because we have been so busy - not much difference really.

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I agree,I fast all year round - only have one meal a day:confused:.At night.

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Thank you, Cherokee. :)

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Not me....I'd probably pass out if it got to 3pm and I hadn't eaten or drunk anything.

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you lucky bugga - there is many a weekend - i get up jump in shower - get girls ready and we go out, see family, they have a maccy d's or something for dinner with andy while i do bits of shopping etc
by the time i get home it is usully late afternoon - then i just wait until tea - not the best way to be i know but i get out of routine so quickly

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dont really see the harm in it, worked with em fer 23 years n it never affected any work performance on my shift, n was a job ya had to have yer wits about ya, so don't see a big deal wi it.