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The Muslims who fast for 22 hours a day in Iceland

The long days in Iceland means Muslims there will have one of the longest Ramadan fasts in the world this year - nearly 22 hours without food or water - as a result of the early sunrise and late sunset. Some will follow Mecca timings instead because of the long hours but others will spend a month observing the mammoth fast. Our reporter Athar Ahmad has been speaking to the Icelandic Muslims taking part in one of the longest fasts in the world.

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