"Schools told 'no swimming in Ramadan' for Muslim pupils"

[Drop Bear]

Surely the solution to the problem is just to not swallow. In fact I don't even see it as a problem, I swim all the time and never swallow any water.

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Your,my and the opinion the of the secular authorities are irrelevant.The decision to swim during Ramadan belongs to the individual alone, perhaps on advice from his/her Imam. That advice will vary wildly.

Ramadan is a period of fasting: No food or liquids may be ingested between dawn and dusk,that includes swallowing one's own saliva.


The obligation to fast begins at puberty. There are many exemptions:pregnant women,the sick,the mentally incompetent, the infirm elderly and travellers.