How Muslims in Iceland cope with 22 hours of fasting

Muslims in Iceland experience one of the world’s longest Ramadan fasts, lasting for over 20 hours, particularly during this time of year, according to a BBC report. How do they cope with it? “If you believe in something, you are down for it,” says one Muslim resident of the capital Reykjavik. Additionally, not all of the roughly 1,000 Muslims living in Iceland refrain from food and drink for over 20 hours a day. Mansoor, the Imam of a small Muslim community in Reykjavik, leads a congregation that shortens its fasting hours to 18. “God wants to create ease for you,” he says, citing the Quran (watch, runtime: 03:14).