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Real Insults Against Islam

Real Insults Against Islam

El-Watan, Egypt, April 15

Many worshippers believe that in order to avoid hurting the feelings of those fasting during Ramadan, it is forbidden for any person, Muslim or not, to eat during the day. Some even describe the act of eating around fasting Muslims as an insult. I truly hope that most of us are able to live with the understanding that not everyone fasts. After all, the decision to observe the holy month of Ramadan is ultimately a product of personal conviction and belief. The person who fasts should be devout enough to understand that each person’s relationship with God is personal. God never intended for all people to share the same conviction. Are we seriously this fragile that our entire set of beliefs is shaken so easily at the sight of someone eating during the month of Ramadan?! The real insult, my friends, is carried out by those who do observe the strict laws of Ramadan but then proceed to take a bribe, cheat people, or commit a crime. The real insult is when those claiming to speak on behalf of Islam physically hurt those who follow a different lifestyle to theirs as if God ever gave them the right to choose who should live and who should die. The real insult is when a fasting man physically assaults his wife under the pretext of “discipline” or “protection.” Real insults are when children aren’t given the love they deserve; when feelings of selfishness and entitlement take over an individual; when those who were born in certain geographies or to certain backgrounds are treated more favorably than others. They’re not about who fasts and who eats during Ramadan. Rather, they’re about failing to be a good friend, partner, and human. –Khaled Montaser (translated by Asaf Zilberfarb)

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