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Officially.. stopping the English Premier League matches to allow Muslim players to break their fast

March 21, 2023

The Referees Committee decided in the English Premier League "Premier League"Stopping evening matches in the first division and the following, during the month of Ramadan, in order to allow Muslim players the opportunity to break the fast.

network said "Sky Sports" The British said that the committee instructed the referees to allow any Muslim player to break the fast during evening matches during the month of Ramadan, in addition to allowing a natural pause for any fasting Muslim player or person before resuming the match.

This is not the first time that matches will be stopped to allow players to break their fast. It happened in the Leicester City and Crystal Palace match in the month of Ramadan in 2021, after the two clubs agreed with referee Graham Scott to let the duo, Wesley Fofana and Sheikho Koyati, break the fast during the match.

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The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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