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Fasting means abstaining from food and drink with the intention of worship from the break of dawn until sunset. In many parts of the world, people of various faiths observe fasting at specific times according to their beliefs. You may have seen people around you waking up for sahur during the month of Ramadan or eagerly waiting for the time of iftar. What Is Fasting and How Is It Observed? In Islam, fasting lasts from the pre-dawn time known as imsak until sunset. Those who fast do not eat or dr

Iconoclasm (Greek: Εἰκονοκλασία, Eikonoklasia) is the term given to the period between 726 and 843 in the Byzantine Empire during which religious images (icons) were banned and destroyed. Although this movement appeared fundamentally as a religious reform, it was a complex process closely tied to the political, military, social, and economic challenges of the time. This approximately 120-year period is studied in two main phases, separated by interruptions. Those who supported iconoclasm were ca