2011 Olympics to Coincide With the Month of Ramadan

The controversial 2012 Olympics to coincide with Ramadan. Will it affect your performance athletes Muslim? Evidence separately.

However, other top athletes have consistently compete while fasting without suffering any ill effects. South African cricketer Hashim Amla even argued that play during Ramadan is an advantage.

"It is true that fasting is really affecting the game and practice - most positively - Alhamdulillah," he said. "People are amazed when I told them that I have learned so much in my game while I do my fast."

Kolo Touré from Manchester City, who also is a devout Muslim, has been fast during the early months of the Premier League.

"Fasting does not affect me physically," Touré acknowledged. "Fasting makes me stronger. You can do it when you believe strongly about something. A normal human being can survive without water for much longer than one day."

Touré highlighted an important core here. Muslims can gather great strength from praying and fasting during Ramadan. The focus of the center of the holy month is reaffirm and strengthen the bonds of the individual person and God. The positive effects of the process must be left at the gates of the stadium.