Tomorrow is the day you will all get to set your clocks forward and lose an hour of sleep. The benefit of this time of year is the wonderfully long nights, when at the height of summer it stays light until late at night and you feel the evenings could go on forever.
Well banish these thoughts you evil heathens!
Daylight savings is un-Islamic. This according to the government of the I.R. who banned it this year. Although it was a measure brought in to the country 14 years ago to save energy by making the most of the natural sunlight, the fear is that it throws off the natural rhythm of prayer. People get confused and then pray at the wrong times. So forget the potential cost savings and conservation benefit... electricity is cheap and on-time prayers more important. But, I ask, isn't that what the muezzin is for?
I am told time after time in this country... Don't look for logic where none exists. I guess it's like that old saying "Never teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."
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So then the Kenyans have the best idea. Its one O'clock when its light enough to see!
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