By: EMILY ALVARENGA
(SIGNALS CV) A coed softball team of all-Muslim players is showing the Santa Clarita Valley what it means to combine faith, fasting and sports during Ramadan.
Each year for the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims abstain from eating or drinking anything — including water — from sunrise until sunset each day.
The Batter Halves, a team comprised of five Muslim couples, has been doing just that — even on Sundays, when they have evening softball games.
Typically known as a month of fasting, prayer, giving and community, Ramadan is also a month of sacrifice for these Muslim athletes.
