[Chainmail]

Not really. Ramadan is when the Muslims fast all day and get really temperamental. Eid al Fitr is the last day of Ramadan and then they all party - unless they got themselves all martyred during the cranky part.

We Christians aren't involved in their practices.

[Sacajaweau]

They party and pig out every night. What kind of fast is that? Hell...We call it a work day....and skipping lunch.

[AZJeep]

It seems to be really drastic. No food or drink from sunrise to sunset.
Then eating the whole night.
Whole month.
I summer, in hot areas of Arabia and Africa, no water the whole day seems deadly to me.
Ramadan has been blamed for the backward economies of Muslim countries as it practically takes a month out of the year of economic activity. Very little gets done during Ramadan.
Nowadays, a lot of moderate Muslims do break it quite regularly, but rather secretly, as they may be trashed by the zealots.