Every religion encourages fasting as a form of spiritual discipline, but only one to my knowledge requires it publicly of every adherent for one month of the year. That religion, of course, is Islam, and the month of fasting is Ramadan, the ninth month of Islam’s lunar calendar.
While exceptions are made for those in hardship (the elderly, the pregnant, the seriously ill, those traveling, and of course menstruating women — who are too unclean for their fasting to be acceptable to Allah, but who must make up their lost days in the month after Ramadan), all other Muslims are expected/required to fast, and in Muslim countries the social and legal pressure to conform is intense. Even non-Muslims are expected to refrain from eating or drinking in public so as not to tempt or aggravate Muslims.
This expectation reflects the Islamic mindset that the world must conform to Muslim ways. In Muslim majority countries, this is not surprising, but the West is now discovering that Muslims are increasingly demanding special treatment in the way of concessions so they can practice their faith requirements with little or no problem. If accommodation is needed, the world must bend to Muslim practice, not the other way around. We have seen this with Muslim factory workers, who demand time-off from the production line even if it disrupts the company’s efficiency, just so they can pray their mandatory prayers within the prescribed periods of Shari’a law. (By the way, Shari’a law permits Muslims to make up prayers that circumstances force them to miss, but most Muslims will not share this with employers, as they wish their non-Muslim bosses to bow to the rhythms of Islamic life.)
We are seeing this same reality of Western concessions to Muslim sensibilities during Ramadan. If there are Muslims around, then eating and drinking must be banned, and everyone inconvenienced equally. For example:
- on Friday May 25th, in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos a group of Arab Muslims attacked a group of Kurds (also Muslim) based on an allegation that the Kurds were not fasting during Ramadan. Some 17 were injured.
- last week a Muslim resident of Scotland named Paigham Mustafa penned a public letter posted to Facebook in which he argued that the Qur’an never prescribed ritual fasting, and indeed that the ritual fasting of Ramadan is “another detrimental facet of religion and no part of Islam.” A number of incensed commenters insulted him as a “kafir” (i.e., a slur used for disbelievers), and threatened him with beheading if he didn’t recant and remove the post.
- on May 24th, the Interior Ministry of Iraq issued a public notice that it would take”…legal measures against people publicly breaking their fast (during day time) and refer them to the judiciary.”
- last month in Germany, Muslim parents complained to educational authorities that their children should not be required to take compulsory exams as they were exhausted from fasting and therefore liable to undue stress.
- the Grand Mufti (religious judge) of Jerusalem “…demanded that the owners of the restaurants and cafés close them during the daytime hours of the month of Ramadan in order to preserve the sanctity of the month. He called on the responsible parties to go after anyone who publicly breaks the fast and put them on trial.” The Palestinian Authority’s Supreme Fatwa Council supported the Grand Mufti in this, decreeing that “breaking the Ramadan fast in public is one of the greatest sins,” and quoting Muhammad as saying, “Whoever stops fasting on Ramadan has renounced Islam… [shedding] his blood is permitted.“
- Netherlands’ Muslim politician Tofik Dibi posted a photo of a sniper at a window, implying he would pick off Dutch people enjoying drinks on open terraces during daylight hours during Ramadan. He later claimed it was only a joke.
- as a sign of abject dhimmitude (non-Muslim submission to Muslim demands), someone at the Oregon State University posted a whiteboard message near the library entrance: “Ramadan Mubarak! Try to avoid eating in shared spaces especially if your food has a strong smell. Thanks for being considerate!” Of course, showing consideration for others is a wonderful thing, and should be encouraged. The problem is, the thought of accommodation is a one-way street. Fasting Muslims could show consideration for non-fasters by avoiding areas where food and drink are normally present so as not to disrupt the routines of others, but this notion is never broached.
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Waterdog says
They aren’t fasting! That is complete BS. They are pigs who only refrain from eat and drink while the sun is up. That isn’t fasting. That’s skipping a meal and pretending it makes you righteous (like the POS that killed his 5 month old daughter in France the other day because she was crying and he was not himself because of the fast. His wife wasn’t home because she was at work. Enough said about that.)
Mirren10 says
Yep.
http://1389blog.com/2013/07/16/yes-its-true-muslims-actually-gain-weight-during-the-fast-of-ramadan/
Just another way islam perverts Christian practices, and those of other religions.
They are such morons.
Jerry A Jansen says
Yeah, I saw this when I lived and worked in saudi arabia.
Andy says
Never go full Trudeau
Canada’s Justin Trudeau is ashamed of … Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xirbU3bl_Mc
LeftisruiningCanada says
“Ornery” 😀
Can say that again.
Trudeau should be ashamed of his own treasonous self, along with the rest of his toxic little family.
He probably is, hence the level 9000 narcissist projection upon the entire country.
A dangerous personkind if ever there was one.
Good video, Gav rules, thanks Andy.
David M says
Starving yourself for a period then gorging yourself afterwards is a sure fire way to gain weight. If you want to keep weight under control it’s best to eat a number of small meals throughout the day to keep metabolism up. I laugh at the fact Muslims put on weight during Ramadan.
TopOfTheRange says
Yes, the post sunset gorging is a scandal and in the Middle East I was always cynically amused by items in the daily press explaining how NOT to put on weight during Ramadan
somehistory says
You are right. A lot of people leave home without breakfast and then find that they have to skip lunch due to work demands. When they get home, they eat.
moslims just use this “fasting” scam to force others to bend to the will of their wild beast master.
brane pilot says
When you know who cannot be criticized, and whose cultural norms are inviolate even by those who do not hold them, you know who your (future) masters are.
Older Canadian says
True, unfortunately.
Mirren10 says
Yep.
http://1389blog.com/2013/07/16/yes-its-true-muslims-actually-gain-weight-during-the-fast-of-ramadan/
Just another way islam perverts Christian practices, and those of other religions.
They are such morons.
CWS says
We are morons for letting them get away with doing this!
Joe says
Fasting isn’t the only requirement of Ramadan; jihad is also needed. Ramadan is more of a military undertaking than a spiritual one.
gravenimage says
+1
LeftisruiningCanada says
Slay all day,
eat all night,
belly’s big
but sword is bright.
Older Canadian says
This sign is in engish. Where is it posted?
I don’t care or even spend much time thinking about various religions and their odd practices. You can howl at the moon if you wish, just don’t expect or demand that I join you in your ritual.
LeftisruiningCanada says
Even if there was any light in that black hole they call the kabaa, there’s no chance it could escape. It’s a miracle any of their souls do anyway.
LeftisruiningCanada says
It seems that Christ knew what He was talking about when He said to keep your fasting a secret.
Who would have guessed?
So then muslims, how about showing some respect for that Isa you claim to so love and respect?
Been There Got the Tee Shirt says
I read with amusement what the goofs at Oregon State were doing. Having lived in an Islamic republic for several years, each Ramadan there was a guy on a donkey cart that would cruise the neighborhood around about a half-hour before dawn beating a drum and chanting, to wake up the observant so they could get up and gorge themselves before their so-called “fast” began. Sunrise in Corvallis is about 5:30 these days, so dawn is about 5:00, and the guy on the donkey cart should be making his rounds at 4:30 to wake the faithful. And of course to be inclusive, all the campus cafeterias and eateries would need to be open by 4:00 and serving meals until sunrise. I guess being rudely awakened at 4:30 would not set will with the infidels there at Oregon State. As far as “fasting” goes, how can the consumption of about 5,000 calories per day I observed being eaten at a typical iftar dinner be seriously considered fasting?
We used to say “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” but I guess that saying is passe.
LeftisruiningCanada says
The guy on the donkey always sounded like some kind of monster, with it’s trumpets and drums clattering about the place.
islam is definitely a ruggedly communitarian kinda thing, that’s for sure.
Wellington says
I have several names for Islam, two examples being Mo’ s creed and Buttlam (because Muslims pray with their butts in the air). Another one is the c-f religion, that is to say the control-freak religion.
Ordinary folks know just how annoying a control-freak person is, especially if they have some kind of authority over you. Well, the world got a control-freak religion which is a very, very annoying religion indeed.
Richard Deem says
Yes very true
No Muzzies Here says
All this was predictable. All you have to do is pay attention to what they tell you. They state their intentions very clearly.
Lydia Church says
1. ramadan is NOT holy. It is part of an evil religion.
2. I will eat and drink WHEN and WHERE I please.
3. I do not live in a muslim country, I would only go there as a missionary, otherwise you would not catch me there. If I was over there, I would not last a minute before being martyred, that’s for sure.
4. If THEY wish to fast, let them, but they won’t drag me down into it.
5. ALL month I have been eating and drinking in PUBLIC places, street cafe’s, etc. during the day, openly… so HA! Just to resist.
: D
Elisha says
“If I was over there, I would not last a minute before being martyred, that’s for sure.”
LOL!! Sister, you crack me up. This ramadan “fasting” nonsense is just that-nonsense. Everything they do is contrary to the teachings of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Public prayer, public fasting, giving alms, etc. If only realised they are Pharisees, so utterly blind to their spiritual condition. Meanwhile, the devil laughs at their foolishness and gullibility.
God be with you always.
somehistory says
moslims make a “show” of everything….preying (they don’t really pray)…in the open in a very disgusting position….”fasting”….skipping meals in order to gorge later and to look pious….(looks are everything to moslims)….clothing that pushes the fake idea that they are “modest”…
Jesus said, “When you fast” don’t appear as though you are fasting. Opposed to moslims, Christians do not make a “show” of fasting….”When” they fast.
When He was asked why His disciples did not fast, He gave the answer that He was with them and there was no need to fast while He was present.
Having never fasted for “religious” reasons, but only for medical reasons, and forced to go without food during operations, etc. I can attest to the discomfort true fasting causes.
Attempting to obey Christ, I would never try to make another person “fast” because I had to or decided to do so.
Fasting is of no benefit in one’s relationship with God if done for all of the wrong reasons.
If a moslim wants to skip his meals during the day and pig out at night, that is up to him. But I refuse to join with him in his worship of satan the devil.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Mateen Ellas,mithraist Christians and evil Jews are joker religionists. fasting has been prescribed for them in the Torah and Injeel (true Gospels), but they abandoned it and want Muslims to do the same at all costs. I am not saying those ignorant muslims harassing non-muslims for taking food in the day time during Ramadan are right, because Sharia does not provide for that. But mithraist christians and evil Jews mock and insult muslims for observing fasting. Is that right?
PONTOTOC BILL says
Ibrahim Itace, your word injeel does not describe true gospels. The true gospels are the first four books of the New Testament of the Holy Bible. I do not care what your quran, haditha, sunna, or islamic religious leaders say. They are all wrong. So, your little rant is without merit or truth.
Your bigotry is on clear display by calling Christians mithraist Christians or Jews as Evil Jews. The me, it is islam that is evil and perverted.
What Jews or what Christians mock muslims for observing a fast? All most all the mocking I have encountered comes from muslims directed towards Christians and Jews. Your post here is mocking us. Disguised, but still mocking and insulting. I think you are projecting the faults of islam upon Christians and Jews do you can feel better and ignore the faults within islam.
Now, please go away if you want to continue mocking and insulting us.
LeftisruiningCanada says
“your little rant is without merit or truth.”
This cannot be.
Ibrahim usually makes so much sense, and never makes unsupported assertions.
Strange.
Ibrahim my darling, are you ok?
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
pontotoc Bill, even your Gospels mixed with pagan doctrines like Godman and begotten son of God provides for fasting ,but you don’t observe it. you only singe, dance and clap for the Satan (Holy Spirit) the cursed one .
LeftisruiningCanada says
Dearest Ibrahim, you don’t sound well at all.
Tell me about your mother….
gravenimage says
Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:
Mateen Ellas,mithraist Christians and evil Jews are joker religionists. fasting has been prescribed for them in the Torah and Injeel (true Gospels), but they abandoned it
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What Ibrahim itace muhammed is referring to here is the fantasy “Torat” and “Injeel” that were supposedly just as barbaric as the Qur’an before Jews and Christians “corrupted” them. Of course, there is no evidence for this.
More:
and want Muslims to do the same at all costs.
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What crap–most of don’t care at all if Muslims want to fast during the day and pig out at night.
More:
I am not saying those ignorant muslims harassing non-muslims for taking food in the day time during Ramadan are right, because Sharia does not provide for that. But mithraist christians and evil Jews mock and insult muslims for observing fasting. Is that right?
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What a load of tripe. Ibrahim itace muhammed has said before that Muslims have the right to abuse and even murder Infidels who do not submit to Islam.
More:
pontotoc Bill, even your Gospels mixed with pagan doctrines like Godman and begotten son of God provides for fasting ,but you don’t observe it.
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Ibrahim itace muhammed has done this before–claimed that Christianity demands that Christians fast for the entire forty days of Lent. What claptrap.
More:
you only singe, dance and clap for the Satan (Holy Spirit) the cursed one .
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He has also done this before–condemned some Christians who sing, dance, or clap in worhip–while lauding Muslims for raping women and little children, enslaving their victims, and mass slaughtering unbelievers. *Ugh*.
Mel Kozun says
There are approximately 81 world religions and/or beliefs/ideologies. Why should those EIGHTY adjust their daily living to satisfy the purported requirements of ONE???
LeftisruiningCanada says
Or else?
SweetOlBob says
The action of muslims, whether Arabic or African, is why no intelligent people should allow themselves to be disarmed.
Rapists should be killed ! As should be those who, in a fervor of some cultist religion-like furor, think it is their duty to kill or maim anyone who isn’t crazy, like them.
England, Australia, and other countries, to one degree or another are finding out that the only answer to having no self protection available is to let your women be beaten, stripped naked, and used as a whore by some filthy muslim. Some of them will be brutally murdered to further the pleasure of the barbaric muslims.
Wake up, world !
Brother Charles says
If I cannot eat during ramadam ,then I also cannot BUY from your store during ramadam , ITS YOUR LOST OF A MONTHS GROCERY MONEY ,
TO ALL CONCERNED BOYCOTT RAMADAM STORES ,
Carolyne says
It was only a few years ago that Roman Catholics were required to not eat meat on Fridays and certain days during lent. They did, however, eat fish on those days which never made sense to me because fish is delicious and is a meat, so to speak so no real sacrifice was being made. But I never considered it any of my business because they never tried to enforce their laws on me,.
But if I lived in a country where the Muslims were trying to impose their laws on non-Muslims, I would eat everything I could find with copious amounts of garlic. They all smell like garlic and I remember getting off a plane in Istanbul and having the scent of garlic wafting in the air.
gravenimage says
Yes–Catholics never imposed this on others, or threatened to murder you if you took a ham sandwich to lunch on Fridays.
Hogdude says
The God of Moses loosed Satan into the World. All must choose the One True God or Satan. Muslims have chosen Islam by Muhammed, his Messenger. Whom will you choose? Your life on Earth may depend on it.
gravenimage says
Ramadan: “If I Can’t Eat, Neither Can You”
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Yes–Muslims want to impose their foul creed on us all.
Zephyre says
I live in north Sweden and this year, Ramadan dipped into the first few days of the midnight sun. Naturally “Exceptions” are made so that they can eat after 8pm. It is amazing how they will make exceptions for themselves but not others who are not aligned to their cult.
As a side note, the muslims here are not extremists and do not care what we do around them.
Bowie says
At least Christians can pray during coffee breaks and’or lunchtime. We don’t need to pray at certain prescribed times!