Question

This practice should be performed until a white thread is discernible from a black one, but in Arctic regions where the sun never sets, that rule is unfeasible. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this practice. Muslims in the Arctic may either follow the day-night cycle of Mecca or the closest area with reasonable daylight hours to complete this practice safely during Ramadan.
ANSWER: fasting [or sawm; or siyam]
[10m] Those contradictory directives were both issued by jurists trained at this school, Grand Mufti Muhammad Abduh and its former shaykh Mahmud Shaltut. This prestigious Sunni institution is named for an epithet of Fatima’s.
ANSWER: al-Azhar University.
[10h] The basis for allowing Muslims living in the Arctic to estimate times outside their own local solar cycle is a hadīth about this figure, who is accompanied by days as long as a year, a month, or a week.
ANSWER: the Dajjal [or Al-Masih ad-Dajjal; accept the Antichrist in Islam]
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Data

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
2 Indiscernible Broke GirlsGoldman & Jackson1010020
The Chard Problem of ConsciousnessWater Buffalo1010020
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Three CantabrigiansFable of the Miis100010
Yesodei HaTorah 2:7Knox et al1010020

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror05/31/25Y516.00100%60%0%
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror07/13/25N313.33100%33%0%
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror08/10/25N520.00100%100%0%