#muslim mc

[ithseem]

Hijabi MC Shenanigans+Headcanons in Saligia

Guy

Guy: *tries to kiss MC in the beginning*

MC, punching him: NO KISSING

Toa

Toa: This has absolutely no alcohol content. Have you ever HAD wine before?

MC: No, nor do I ever plan to because my religion STRICTLY FORBIDS EVEN GOING NEAR THE STUFF

Toa:

Fenn

MC be dodging his advances like a Bollywood action movie protagonist

Roy

MC: At least I can have some semblance of normalcy

Lynt

Lynt tryna use her as a pillow, but she politely declines, since her religion forbids her from coming into contact with men

Other Things That May or May Not Have Happened

MC draping her duvet over her head as a makeshift hijab when unexpected visitors come

MC gets caught washing her feet in the sink for wudhu

MC feeling incredibly disoriented bc she has no idea which way the Qiblah (the direction of the Kabah in Mecca) is, so offering prayer is a nightmare and a half

MC lowkey upset bc the Quran does not exist in Saligia (iirc). And Lou wishes he could help

Rio and Thoma getting worried about MC during Ramadhan (whenever that is. It's super stressful not knowing when the Islamic calendar lines up with the calendar here) bc she's going from dawn till dusk without food or drink for a month

MC happily answering her friends' questions about her religion (they are genuinely curious)

MC's S-Rank friends apologizing for what they did in the first few chapters (I cannot be certain if they fully understand the true ramifications of what they've done, but they feel bad regardless, since they don't like to see MC upset)

Lance would be genuinely curious about her religion also and try to make a safe space for her (Lance doesn't discriminate, a person in need of a safe space is a person in need of a safe space)

Sherry and Violet go shopping with MC often and they often find some really cute and modest clothes for her

J*sper is normal in this AU, so he actually respects her religion

Tino freaks out and profusely apologizes whenever he accidentally makes something haram to eat for her. Knight would also do the same

Grayson wondering why she only eats fruits and vegetables here, and she tell him that she is not sure if the meats are halal, and she does not want to take any chances and accidentally eat something haram

to all the hijabi CoD players, I write this for you

[thedisabilitybookarchive]

'The Weight of Our Sky'- Alkaf, Hanna

Disability Rep: Anxiety (MC), OCD (MC)

Genre: Historical Fiction

Age: Young Adult

Setting: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 1969

Additional Rep: Muslim Malay Female MC, Chinese Male Major SC, Asian SCs

For more information on summaries, content warnings and additional tropes, see here:

[sodabombx]

so i had this really weird dream where i was on a walk with jebediah

he had these black wings and for some reason his beard was braided?? and he kept rambling on and on about being the 'angel of death' and how hes going to purge all evil. he was half drunk and tired as heck.

weird dream, loved it.

[nwaml]

The night after marriage • hc

(yo i just found this MONTHS old hc set in my ~200 drafts. and it sounds pretty good so imma share it even if it not finished.

written by and for fem!muslim!mc. but is gn and basically just means you never had any physical interaction with him. like not even shaking hands. until marriage. for the sake of the hc let's forget they are demons)

Lucifer | Mammon | Leviathan

Lucifer

So proud, so so proud that you choose him as a husband. He loves and cherish you so much, he will go at your own pace. Wanna hold hands, wanna hug or kiss!!??? A real gentleman. Always needs your consent to start anything. He asked if you could sit on his lap, and you agreed. Give him headpats and gentle kisses on the top of his head while he hold you tight. He'll be oh so gentle with you knowing that you have zero experience. Kisses on the forehead is your mutual love language until you two are comfortable showing physical affection.

Mammon

Crybaby, he is way to happy to contain himself. You choose him, HIM!!? Of course he had no doubt you would marry the great Mammon!!! But you really did🥺 The second you two are alone he puts his forehead on yours and asks if he could have hug. It was the longest and warmest hug you ever had, full of love. That's when he started to tear up, and you had to cuddle him all night to rassure him that no its not a dream and no you don't regret your choice and yes you love him very much

Leviathan

Disbelief. Confused. It all happened so fast and you two are now sitting on the bed, alone. You wouldn't want to touch him anyways right? And why did you choose him in the first place? You certainly deserve more and- Wait what? You just asked if you could hold hands!!?? Hum yes yes you can. Holds your hand too firmly, he is so nervous and sweating like crazy aaaaaaaaaand you just put your head on his shoulder NewlyMarriedLeviathan.exe has stop working. Loves you very much but is so insecure, he needs reassurance and kisses on the forehead

[swallowtail-ageha]

A big problem w/ silvana de mari's later books is that they want to be grimdark fantasy but they all feel like they're written by the tumblr stereotype of what a grimdark writer is. Oh and the straight up racism and islamophobia

[nowandthane]

one of the benefits of naming myself after thane is that every time I hear femshep say his name I MELT

[lecoindecachou]

I'm glad the show retconned Chidi as actually being Nigerian and just raised in Senegal (presumably in Dakar?) because that is literally the only thing that makes sense.

[eveningstar1516]

Ask m’love, and ye shall receive. Side note: I wish all Muslim MC’s best of luck trying to do their Sallah at HOL without a lock on the door and noise cancelling headphones XD

Only thing specified was that she was a girl so for fic’s sake, MC is Y/N with She/Her pronouns.

None of this is proof or beta-read. Slammed this out because I found the entire situation too funny not to. Might as well use my knowledge on Islam for something XD

It took forever to get a prayer app installed on her DDD. With the Devildom’s lack of a sun, figuring out the prayer times became practically impossible. After some bribing and back and forths with Leviathan, she was finally able to pirate the Athan app and set it to her hometown. At least she’d get to pray on time with them now.

The brothers were all busy with their respective activities after dinner. The house wasn’t too noisy, in fact, this was about the norm. Sitting at her desk and working on her potions theory homework, she heard her DDD ping with the Athan app’s notification, alerting her it was time for Maghrib. With the short window to actually pray it, she set aside the book and went to the bathroom for Wudhu. Figuring out the Qiblah was practically impossible. Wasn’t like there was a Mecca or a Ka’ba here. So she marked out any important structures in the Devildom like the Mallousium, and the Castle, then found a direction that faced away from them both. If she couldn’t pray towards a holy structure, might as well make an effort to avoid the demon’s important symbols.

Grabbing her prayer clothes, she pulled up the skirt and slipped on the hijab. Grabbing the mat out from the corner, she lay it flat and recited her Iqamah quietly. Raising her hands to start, she winced hearing a loud crash. The string of profanities that followed sounded a lot like Satan. She waited the few seconds for him to stop before trying again.

Her door slammed open halfway through Fatiha with Mammon yelling her name. She tried to ignore him and focus on finishing her Surah, hoping Mammon would get the hint and leave her to pray in peace, but it didn’t seem like the demon picked up on that. His ranting then eventually Satan coming in to yell at him caused her to lose track of her place in her next Surah. Irritated, she made her salaams and turned around to glare at the two. Neither of them seemed to be looking her way or paying attention to her. Clearing her throat, she folded her arms and tapped her foot on the ground. Pointing at the door, she tilted her head towards it.

“Well? You can solve this outside of my room. And keep it down please. Just for 5 minutes. Let me finish this, then you can make as much noise as you’d like.”

Mammon opened his mouth to argue, claim that he had nothing to do with it and beg her to save him from Satan. The forth-born however simply covered Mammon’s mouth with his hand and dragged him out.

“Sorry Y/N. I’ll take care of him somewhere else.”

The door closed and Y/N could hear Satan dragging him away. Mammon was still yelling and struggling, but it was muffled enough for her to ignore it. Sighing, she started the Iqamma again and raised her hands. This time she got through the first rakkah completely before her door opened again as Beel walked into the room, munching on some bat wings. Noticing that she was praying, he stayed quiet and just sat down at the table to wait for her, continuing his snack. 

Beel, bless his heart, unfortunately, couldn’t eat quietly. Trying to concentrate on her dua’s she found herself stumbling and lost her place completely twice. Making her Salam’s a second time, she sighed and looked over to Beel. 

“Beel, honey, I’m sorry, but could you go eat that in the kitchen, please? It’s hard to concentrate.”

“Oh! Sorry… I just wanted to ask if you wanted to go out to Hell’s Kitchen with me.”

“Beel… we just had dinner- sigh, never mind. Yeah, I’ll come, just let me finish Maghrib first. Then I’ll get dressed and meet you in the kitchen. Alright?”

“Works for me. Sorry again.”

“It’s alright, Beel. Go finish your snack and I’ll be there in 5 minutes.”

Smiling, Beel grabbed the rest of his wings and left the room, closing the door behind him. For the nth time, Y/N wondered why she still hadn’t gotten a lock on her door. Well, third time’s supposed to be the charm. 

Third time was in face not the charm after Belphie walked in and promptly decided that grabbing her from her prayer and dragging her over to the bed to cuddle was an acceptable decision. Yelping as she was dragged out of her prayer, she looked down at Belphie, about to ask him what the hell he was doing when she saw that he was still asleep.

The demon was sleepwalking… It took her 10 minutes to get out of Belphie’s death grip on her and off her bed. Huffing, she grabbed the mat and left her room. If she couldn’t pray in here, she’d go to the library. It’s usually empty, save for Satan reading or Lucifer working on rare occasions. Finding the Qiblah she established in the new room, she laid the mat out and looked around the room for something to place in front of her. Spotting a coffee table, she picked it up and dragged it over to her little corner. For her own peace of mind.

Attempt number 4 for the Iqama went well. Her first rakkah went through smoothly. She finished her shahadah on the second and stood up for the third before Asmo’s shrill scream echoed through the house. Pausing for a moment, she took a deep breath and started her Fatiha. She just needed to get through the last rakkah, then pray that she’d be able to pray her Sunnah. 

Unfortunately, Asmo’s scream triggered the rest of the brothers to scream at each other from across the house. Most of them for Asmo to shut up, others to get the others to shut up. She screwed her eyes shut and tried to block them out with an irritated smile before the screaming started to get louder and even more heated. Absolutely done with their shenanigans, she stopped her prayer, grabbed her mat, and marched to Lucifer’s study. 

Pushing the door open, she shut it behind her, walked up to the record and removed the needle, and went to set her mat in the corner.

“I know you have a silencing spell to keep their noise out. The record is staying off for the 5 minutes I need to pray, then I’ll reset it for you. Just don’t do anything too noisy, please.”

She never prayed with Lucifer present in the room. The eldest had his own wars with his Father and she respected that, but right now, she didn’t care. Time to pray was limited and she’ll be damned if she missed her Sallah because of the rambunctious demons. 

Lucifer watched as she started her prayer, silently convincing himself that it was better that she couldn’t pray out loud. The very fact that she came here to pray was a bit of an annoyance itself, but he’d given up on trying to sway her faith. Better she ends up in the Celestial Realm with her family than down here in eternal damnation. He continued working on the papers in front of him. The only noise in the room were the scratches of his pen on the parchment and the ruffling of clothes as she went about the prayer. A few minutes later, she finally finished her Sunnah and moved on to her dua and thikr. Hearing the mat being picked up and folded, he looked up at her to see her walking over to his record to reset it as she said she would.

Once the record started playing again, Y/N turned to Lucifer and tilted her head towards the door.

“When can we talk about me getting a lock?”

I want someone to write this request for me 😭

Like...a muslim mc wanting to pray in peace but it's too noisy to let her . Cuz the brothers always bursting in her room and making chaos in the hol

[theprissythumbelina]

So you want to write about horses.

Specifically, you want to write about horses in your medieval-inspired fantasy novel, rpg, or daydream fantasy. Knights in shinning armor on noble steeds, damsels in distress(or not!) on fine prancing mount, or an evil sorcerer cackling on a fierce charger above your poor tandem MCs.

Whatever it is you're imagining, a medieval horse appears. But you know nothing about horses. I can help.

(If you would like to begin with my first basic Basics post, start here)

^ When thinking knight, you're probably imagining a horse like this.

Preface: When talking about fiction, there is always a question of historical accuracy. That is wholly up to you. But you will at least, after reading this, know more of the historical fact involving horses, and certainly know about some of the more commonly-complained about fallacies involving horses in media.

Now, the above still is from the film Ladyhawke (1985), which is often credited for popularizing the Friesian breed in the United States. I can almost guarantee you have see a Friesian in a film or on TV. The recent series Shadow and Bone had a central character ride a Friesian in one episode. They epitomize the romantic nobility and grace of knights. Except they don't.

The horse you see above came into existence in 1879, primarily as a harness and agricultural use horse. Horses known as Friesian horses have existed since the 11th century, but those horses were completely different from the breed created in the 19th century. The modern Friesian is a trotting breed, made to pull carriages and look beautiful doing it. They have a long back, short neck, and due to inbreeding, a host of nasty genetic problems including dwarfism, aortic rupture, hydrocephalus, and megaesophagus.

However, breeds that trace ancestry back to beyond the middle ages do exist, and they have been breed to look much the same for generations. Introducing:

The Barb/Berber Horse

^Kinda just looks like A Horse™

The Barb comes from North Africa, and was spread into Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain, where the breed mixed with the native Andalusian breed to create the Spanish Jennet, which is possibly the most widely successful horse breed in all of history. The Jennet is currently extinct*, but due to its durability, it was the horse used by the Spanish AND the British to invade the Americas, and descendants of the Jennet survive in local breeds from Argentina to Canada.

*a revitalization breed does exist of the same name

The Andalusian/Lusitano/Pure Raza Espanol

^The true Fabio of horses, known for thick flowing locks and sweet dispositions

Possibly the horse that most strongly resembles the ancient knighly horse, this noble creature used to be the preferred horse of film, before the Friesian rise in popularity. Horses of Spanish bloodlines are Andalusian, horses of Portuguese bloodlines are Lusitano, but the characteristics of both breeds are nearly identical. They are also known for a fancy 'high stepping' movement, in which they raise their knees higher than other breeds naturally.

The Arabian

^Note the narrow, 'dished' face and raised tail, breed characteristics

The ancient horse of the desert, made famous through books such as The Black Stallion, King of the Wind, and films such as Hildago. These horses are known for their stamina and intelligence, and were traditionally used as war horses by the desert tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian has descendants in almost all modern breeds, as it is used to add strength and stamina to the original stock, despite being a relatively small horse. During the Napoleonic wars, this horse became the prized war horse of Europe as well, with Napoleon himself preferring to ride Arabians into battle.

The Mongolian Horse

^Thick head, thick body, this horse is made to survive winter on the steppes

Introduced to Europe from the Hunnic invasions that ended the rule of Rome, the Mongolian horse is made to survive, thrive, and run in harsh cold weather. This horse allowed Ghengis Khan and his soldiers to conqure one of the largest empires to ever exist, from Korea to Poland. This compact horse would have mixed with the native stock of Russian, Eastern European, and Germanic tribes to help create the ancient northern horses, resulting in a thicker breed of horse in the north, and a lighter breed of horse in the south of Europe. Modern-day pony breeds such as the Exmoor, Fjord, Icelandic, and other have been found to have genetic ties to the Mongolian horse.

These horses do not exactly look like the modern image of knights on massive horses, but it is useful to remember that 1. people back then were a lot smaller and 2. horses back then were a lot smaller. Of course, there were hundreds of other local breeds during the middle ages, but many have been modernized and become today's sport, work, or pleasure horses.

During the middle ages, horses were not actually defined by breed. They were defined by the work the horse was suited and trained to preform. There were five main types of medieval horses.

The Destrier

Also called The Great Horse for its size, strength, and price, this horse was the renown mount of knights and kings in battle. These horses were highly trained for battle, and could be taught to do such things as striking out at soldiers in front, kicking at soldiers from the back, and even leaping all four feet in the air to protect it's rider. They would wear the most armor, and these horses would likely be closest in appearance to the modern Andalusian.

^Ornate heavy armor on a model horse. This armor was made for a horse not much more than 15hh, what today would be a small horse.

The Courser/The Charger

A lighter horse than the destrier, the courser is also a warhorse, highly trained and well-bred, but a little less expensive. A knight might not be able to afford a destrier, especially as a minor knight, but every knight should have a courser. The Spanish Jennet is the epitome of the medieval courser, and in fact was the horse used by Richard II. According to Shakespeare, the horse's name was White Surrey, although other sources claim the horse was Roan Barbary, and was a Barb or Berber horse*.

*Bought from Spain and likely a cross of Spanish and African blood, so a Jennet. But Jennet was also a classification of a horse type in those days, so, sources are muddled.

The Rouncey

The 'average' horse of the time, this horse was used mainly for riding, but could sometimes be ridden into battle if trained properly, and were the preferred horse for lower-class fighters such as archers or men-at-arms. As it described a riding horse, these horses came in all shapes and sizes, from all lineages, and in all colors. In peacetime they could be used to draw carriages or work fields. A proud and expensive destrier would never be caught pulling a plow.

The Palfrey

A highly-bred, highly trained horse, this horse is a high quality riding horse known for a specific gait, called an ambling gait. This horse had a special pattern of moving its feet that gave the rider a considerably more comfortable ride than the traditional 4 gaited horse. After the middle ages, these horses almost disappeared, only to be recovered in the Americas in the form of 'gaited' horses such as the Paso Fino, the Rocky Mountain Horse, the Missouri Foxtrotter, and the Tennessee Walking Horse. The Icelandic horse has also retained the special Tölt gait that may* be the exact gait of medieval ambling horses.

*may, I am not a gaited horse expert.

The Packhorse

This describes any kind of horse, usually a rouncey, that is used not for riding but to carry supplies. Packhorses could also be mules, donkeys, and ponies, so long as they could carry weight for long miles. These were supply horses, carrying food, weapons, tents, whatever else may be needed.

Knights, Horses, and the Battlefield

^ What an incredible creature of power and nobility. The man is fine too, I guess.

Now, if you have seen the above scene, you have probably seen The Hollow Crown, a historical drama with a few late Medieval battle scenes. In these scenes, knight clashes against knight in a furious charge, leading to pitched battles on horseback. I'm not going to say that never happened, but by and large cavalry was directed against infantry, not other cavalry, or used to conduct maneuvers requiring speed and surprise, such as a charge, a circling maneuver, a bluff retreat and most importantly, to chase down routing enemy soldiers. A knight on horseback was most effective in close quarters against unmounted and surprised soldiers. Lances were the primary weapon, allowing a mounted warrior length to spear and batter down at enemies, and a sword was secondary, as it had a shorter length, and would be used if a mounted warrior was surrounded by infantry or in battle against another knight. Throughout the medieval period, horses sometimes were removed from the fight all together due to unfavorable land, and kept in reserve to either help the army flee or to chase down the fleeing enemy.

Hungry for more?

There are many sources out there to learn more about the medieval period and knights in particular. I would highly recommend that you not look at Medieval Times sources, if only because better sources are out there. I enjoy the videos produce by Jason Kingsley CBE (Yes, that Jason Kingsley CBE) on his Modern History TV YouTube Channel, and find them to be accurate as far as I'm aware.

^ Jason Kingsley and his horse Warlord, in costume. I've sent marriage proposals but I've not yet received a reply.

That's all for this post. I'll have more when I feel like it, and send me questions if you want to know more about specific things or need a writing question answered

Reblogs welcome and encouraged

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[i-cant-sing]

You write sallaudin so nicely, tell him my ring fingers are empty for him (pls marry me)

FUN FACT: i actually did not plan on making salauddin a love interest or at least not have so many cutesy moments with our reader but then i wanted to write a muslim character and make him attractive without u know going all pda and touchy touchy with mc like most characters do. i wanted to make him show affection, show love and interest and care while staying in his limits according to his religion. the kohl scene was a lil him testing his boundaries but i just couldnt resist NOT writing it down. maybe one of yalls s/o or future s/o (especiallay muslim men) could read and take notes instead of thinking haunting adeline is the norm for booktok girlies😭

[r3dddddddd]

“She always has her headphones on..”

INTRODUCING MY TKaTB MCCCCCC!!!

I didn’t know what name to chose for her, I thought of using ‘Red’ like my nickname or Amaya as a random name (Means daughter of the night in Arabic)

I want to cry because while I finished drawing and coloring I realized that MY MC WAS DOING BRITTNEY’S POSE BUT THE OTHER WAY AND I WANT TO SOB MY EYES OUT RN. Anyways I’ll try and make another one and make sure she’s not doing THE SAME POSE FOR GODS SAKE. Anyways she’s Desi (like me!! 🇧🇩)

When it comes to her’s and Sol’s relationship they’re more like extremely close friends (since she’s Muslim and she doesn’t know if she would wants to be bf and gf with him or not and she established that with stinky ahh Sol)

[nwaml]

Mmhhh thinking of gentle!dom mc who calms Levi from a panic attack and and reward him with a handjob. Like everything sooo soft and loving and a lot of affection and encouragement and cum

[la7ma-mafrooma]

One time when I was a teen, I was watching an American TV show and a character in one of the episodes was horribly and wrongly explaining something to the main characters and one of the MCs was like oh I read about this in Islam and it's called "talaq" and she made it seem like a very mysterious and complex ritual and stuff.

Anyways, the word talaq is just divorce in Arabic lmao.

Also guess what they portrayed the Muslim character in the show as😍😍💣💣

[collegetennisoriginstory]

Interesting question re: the f! versus m! versions of the LIs. This is just personal taste, I don't think any of them are more or less loveable based on gender!, but I do think f!Rayyan is more attractive to me than her male counterpart, while for G & Sam it's the opposite - I exclusively romance their male counterparts. Tobin is the same for me in both versions, but I still prefer f!Tobin simply because I prefer playing as a woman hehe. For context, I am a bisexual woman leaning more towards women, buuut I'm really into gnc women and I guess G and Sam both just feel like they fall outside a category I am attracted to :'o f!G feels more femme fatale as a woman, and f!Sam is very cute.

This is supremely intriguing, thank you so much for answering!! I absolutely live for interactions like this!

My answer became a goddamn ESSAY (holy shit I'm sorry) but I'd definitely love to hear more of you guy's thoughts on this, cause this is super interesting to me!

For G, I totally agree. I feel the pivotal traits that shape them (cynicism, stoicism about life and what life throws at them, adapting to circumstance, instead of stubbornly sticking to 'what they want', their parents' divorce, being caught between worlds and used to living in multiple places at once—Canadian-French from their mom and French-French from their dad, their intense commitment to their belief that things don't last, and you can't expect them to) feel more... attractive to me in a woman than a man (because lord knows we have enough flaky non-committal men in this world), but I think that's probably a subjective opinion.

For Tobin, I think it's inevitable that their softness/gentleness AND their queerness is influenced by their gender, and I love that idea, and I hope to explore more of that later on. For M!Tobin, I feel like they've always had to deal with the fact that they're a little "too" soft for what the world expects from them (a black american in the ultimately super-machismo world of sports), and they've always at least "fit in" with the rest of their team because of their athletic prowess AND how much attention they get from the ladies. Now, exploring their sexuality, having to come to terms with the fact that they are attracted to men as well (and what to do with that information)... I think it adds an extra layer of vulnerability.

As for F!Tobin, I think there's similar tensions—but in different ways. E.g. maybe they're the way they are, so gentle and considerate and kind because, in some ways, they're compensating (subconsciously or consciously) with the stereotype that black women athletes are "too powerful", "too fierce", and they've only ever wanted to be accepted, respected, loved, hence they've always been softer than they have to be, kinder than they have to be, more considerate etc. etc. But then they met MC, and perhaps they're learning to put that all away, and just... be. Without fear of being "too much"—with MC reassuring them that they're OK just the way they are, and that their strength and courage does not need to be tempered for anyone else's benefit.

And finally, for Rayyan, again, I absolutely agree—there's something about F!Rayyan and how, coming from a conservative immigrant Muslim family (e.g. there was that scene with a brief mention of how their dad never even thought they should be serious about turning pro, becoming a professional athlete especially because she's a girl), she's probably had to fight for absolutely everything she's wanted in this world, and that's why she's so steely on the outside, why she's so unapologetic about pursuing the things she wants because god knows the amount of sacrifice she's already put in. There's still that dimension in M!Rayyan, being an immigrant, threading that line between wanting to do their family proud, wanting to pursue their own dreams, ambition—so much ambition—but also fierce loyalty, and uncompromising, unyielding courage.

Sam feels the most... unchanged whether or not I imagine them as female or male, the experiences that made them the way they are (and how they interact with MC) are the same (e.g. being in love with your best friend, being extremely open about experimenting with literally any type of human romantically except the ONE person they actually love and trust with all their heart, scattered loveable goofball tennis nerd that they are).

[allieebobo]

so PLEASE anyone correct me if i’m wrong, but from what i remember, when honouring ramadan it is allowed to eat before/after the sun sets?

it could be nice if during whenever the month falls the team or mc could do like group meals with rayyan so they’re not honouring it alone? especially if they don’t have a large muslim support system at cargill

but if that’s completely wrong/insensitive then that’s completely fine as well!

Ahh!! I love that idea its so wholesome 😍 😊 definitely will incorporate it into the IF- From what I know (please feel free to correct me), Ramadan follows the lunar calendar so the date varies from year to year, but it would usually fall during the Spring semester (this year it was from 11 Mar to 9 Apr) so that would make it 100% possible for the team to make an effort to break fast with Rayyan as a team, after afternoon training!

I can imagine Deepal/MC shifting their morning runs even earlier (so Rayyan can eat before the sun rises) or later (after Rayyan has eaten) too.