Over 1200 Muslims in Iceland will be observing the Islamic month of Ramadan today. Many Muslims in Iceland will be fasting from dawn to sunset, which in Iceland will be nearly 16 hours a day. The sun in Iceland rises at around 3 or 4 in the morning and sets around 9 or 10 at night. In Iceland there are about 300 Muslims who are native Icelandic and 1200 in total who are either immigrants from Muslim nations or foreign converts in Iceland. There is a local mosque in Armuli which hosts Friday prayers as well as Taraweeh (Ramadan night prayers).