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This year’s Ramadan and its timing means that in England daylight hours are at their longest. In recent years the long duration of fasting in the summer months has raised a debate amongst Muslim scholars. Some say Muslims can have shorter fasts and they have issued a fatwa, others though feel it is wrong to have do this. In this extract Paul Salahuddin, the co-director of the Association of British Muslims, speaks to Â鶹Éç Stoke’s Ajmal Hussain about shorter fasting hours.