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Hot weather a challenge to fasting Muslims

By LOH FOON FONG, NEVILLE SPYKERMAN, KATHLEEN ANN KILI, ROYCE TAN, CHONG KAH YUAN, LOGEISWARY THEVADASS, V. MIENALOSHYANI and JER WEANN ANG

JOHOR BARU: Hot weather during Ramadan is posing a challenge for Muslims who are fasting.

Seven months’ pregnant Siti Nur Aqilla Omar, 27, said that fasting during pregnancy has been even tougher because of the heat.

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