While this week might seem like any other at Raiders HQ with players hitting the gym, going hard in training sessions and preparing for an NRL game, for prop Emre Guler it marks the start of an incredible juggling act of religion and footy.
Ramadan began on Monday evening and for the next month an estimated 1.8 billion Muslims around the world will be fasting from sunrise to sunset.
It's considered the most holy month on the calendar for the religion, where fasting is accompanied by prayer, reflection, and time with community and family. At the end of Ramadan, the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast (Eid al-Fitr) is a three-day celebration.
