Ramadan help

Just be discreet when you take your meals and drinks.  If you have an office you can shut the door when you want to eat your lunch.  Don't glop down water in front of locals who are fasting in the middle of the afternoon.  The locals understand that you do not fast and don't expect you to fast, so just do it as privately as you can for the month. 
Oh yes, do remember that many people tend to dress more modestly during this month.  It is a month that Muslims focus on prayer, patience and thankfulness. 
Hope this helps!

Bluejay, you got it all right and you saved me time to write a reply to Mr Clansman.
I'm Muslim and my only worries about this month is my consumptions of coffees and cigarettes (the first two days are the toughest its like holding your breadth for too long)
time has arrived to show the well power and feel what poor and famine people would feel when they are hungry .  God help us through it

At work I'll eat my lunch in the kitchen and I'll take my coffee outside. No problems.

People diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes should not fast during Ramadan as they are in a high risk category and could end up doing harm to themselves, the chief executive officer of Dubai Hospital has warned.

"Ramadan is a special month for Muslims and everyone wishes to join in its spiritual enjoyment," Dr Abdul Razzaq Al Madani said.

However, the sugar levels of this particular group of diabetics could fluctuate dangerously during the fast, he added.

Type 1 diabetics depend on injections of insulin to lead a normal life. During the Ramadan fast Muslims go without food and drink during the daylight hours, and taking medicine in public is also not allowed.

Dr Al Madani said even people with Type 2 diabetes need to be extra careful if they plan to fast.

He added that people with cardiac problems in particular should regularly check their sugar levels.

People with Type 2 diabetes can control their illness by adhering to a proper diet and taking medication.

DIABETICS WARNED AGAINST FASTING DURING RAMADAN

you sound very respectful and western superior waw

Mudman wrote:

At work I'll eat my lunch in the kitchen and I'll take my coffee outside. No problems.

Thanks for the info.

Sandman6 wrote:

People diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes should not fast during Ramadan as they are in a high risk category and could end up doing harm to themselves, the chief executive officer of Dubai Hospital has warned.

"Ramadan is a special month for Muslims and everyone wishes to join in its spiritual enjoyment," Dr Abdul Razzaq Al Madani said.

However, the sugar levels of this particular group of diabetics could fluctuate dangerously during the fast, he added.

Type 1 diabetics depend on injections of insulin to lead a normal life. During the Ramadan fast Muslims go without food and drink during the daylight hours, and taking medicine in public is also not allowed.

Dr Al Madani said even people with Type 2 diabetes need to be extra careful if they plan to fast.

He added that people with cardiac problems in particular should regularly check their sugar levels.

People with Type 2 diabetes can control their illness by adhering to a proper diet and taking medication.

DIABETICS WARNED AGAINST FASTING DURING RAMADAN

Thanks so far folks, I am planning to try and avoid annoying anyone (for a change) during this special time for you. I will be as respectful as possible.

abdulElkesh wrote:

you sound very respectful and western superior waw

Mudman wrote:

At work I'll eat my lunch in the kitchen and I'll take my coffee outside. No problems.

Seeing as I work in an open plan office and normally drink coffee and eat lunch at my desk, I think I'm doing alright to go into the kitchen (where no muslim staff will go during Ramadan) or drink my coffee outside of the nice air con office. It worked last year and it'll do fine this year thanks.

Im out road cycling most Friday mornings so I asked some Libyan friends if drinking bottles would be an issue and they said no problem, you have any experiences from last year mudman?

Hi sandman ,
the Islam only says that healthy adults should fast.
Sick people, whether suffering from temporary or chronic disease, are exempt. Many scholars of Islamic sharia law in Libya say fasting is prohibited if it is harmful.

Muslims quote the Prophet Muhammad as saying: "Fast so as to be healthy". Some Muslim scholars have been trying to get support from doctors to prove the health benefits of fasting.
Each year, much of the Islamic media covers the benefits of fasting during Ramadan, and the hazards for sick people if they try to do without food.
here in Libya , not allowed to pregnant women,dibetic,kidneys problem to fast
and to twango ,clansman and mudman you don't have to fast ,but it's recomended to fast ,and you will find it very easy when everybody around you is fasting
the fasting not just in muslim countries , in Malta they fast for 40 days , they are christian
fir jew ,Moses, before receiving the revealed law, was instructed by God to come up on Mount Sinai, alone (Exodus 34:3), and there he received the Divine law:

“Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.” (Ex. 34:28)

About Jesus for christians  it is written in the Gospel of Matthew (ch. 4:1-4) that before he began his ministry:

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread. Jesus answered, It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”

Our Holy Prophet Muhammad too, as you know, before he received his prophethood used to frequent a cave outside Makka, where he contemplated and engaged in worship (which included fasting) in absolute solitude, in search of the truth, wanting to know about God and about how the evils of his people could be removed. Then after undergoing this hardship, he received the revelation of the Holy Quran. Notice how these three great founders of religions were in solitude during their fasting. This is reflected in the voluntary practice of i‘tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadaan in which a person cuts himself off from all worldly involvements.

So it is the experience of the founders of three great religions, and indeed numerous holy persons, that by fasting one attains closeness to God because of the self-purification that it brings.
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You likely won't see many people on a Friday morning during Ramadan anyway

Twango wrote:

Im out road cycling most Friday mornings so I asked some Libyan friends if drinking bottles would be an issue and they said no problem, you have any experiences from last year mudman?

No probs last year. When I cycle I aim to carry everything I need too, so no stopping at shops.
Can't say I remember a drop in traffic, as I rarely see anyone anyway

ibrahjette wrote:

and to twango ,clansman and mudman you don't have to fast ,but it's recomended to fast ,and you will find it very easy when everybody around you is fasting

Each to their own & jolly good luck to them for having such self discipline.
Me, I follow Joe Friel's "Triathlete's Training Bible" and that tells me I need fuel.

Avoid driving during the hour before sunset. People would drive fast to catch up having breakfast with family. So, things get pretty dangerous on the road.

I was smart and got out for the month, nobody really does much. so took it as the time to go sight seeing good luck.

Keep.it.simple wrote:

Avoid driving during the hour before sunset. People would drive fast to catch up having breakfast with family. So, things get pretty dangerous on the road.

I think you meant "things get even more dangerous on the road" 

As up to my wages and cash income, I have to fast even without Ramadan .... so for me no problem 

Lol, lol, lol, zlatan!!!
How about going to the beach? I´ve read that it´s a perfect time for expats to enjoy it... Is it right?

Damn right, GArcia .... I can't wait Ramadan to go to the beach. It is very nice, without spectators, clean(well more or less), no crowds around.
If you like to swim without your swimming pants somtimes, this is an ideal chance. Long live Ramadan !!

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Just joking about swimming w/o swimming pants ...   Of course  I do not want to get prison