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- Aug 25, 2012
Being the start of the holy month of Ramadan, it might be a good time to reflect on Islamic soldiers and the Civil War.
The US population of Muslims during the Civil War was limited, so the number of Muslim soldiers was never too high.
I do wonder how their fellow soldiers saw their Islamic brothers in arms. Many Christians pray several time per day, so a Muslim praying five times per day perhaps did not seem unusual. Fasting from sun up until sun down for the holy month of Ramadan may have seemed a bit odd. Some Christians did not drink alcohol, so a Muslim not doing so would not be all that strange. Fellow soldiers might have thought not eating pork was odd.
All in all, Muslim soldiers may well have fit in fairly well in Civil War armies.
The US population of Muslims during the Civil War was limited, so the number of Muslim soldiers was never too high.
I do wonder how their fellow soldiers saw their Islamic brothers in arms. Many Christians pray several time per day, so a Muslim praying five times per day perhaps did not seem unusual. Fasting from sun up until sun down for the holy month of Ramadan may have seemed a bit odd. Some Christians did not drink alcohol, so a Muslim not doing so would not be all that strange. Fellow soldiers might have thought not eating pork was odd.
All in all, Muslim soldiers may well have fit in fairly well in Civil War armies.