FASTING month: stomachs left nagging, throats coping with thirst for 12 hours, genitals kept lust-free. This is how the physical is reined in: the flesh must be led by the spirit. If not: sin.

And so from time to time, while denying the physical, we are admonished to accept only the “spiritual”. From 4am, the mosques and prayer houses are full of the sound of people calling God’s name, endorsing piety, strengthening faith, following Islami