:rolleyes:
I was not aware that you were an expert in the mysterious dining habits of these creatures called “muslims”.
As it is expat communities tend to celebrate the business a lot more than normal people back home. When I was in the UK, I routinely got invites every evening; which was nice.
Even back home, you do go out a lot more than normal; partly because people are too tired to cook half the time; but at the end of the day, its like any other month.
Really? It sure seems like a celebration to me.
The spent weeks preparing the community centre. Roof repairs, new coat of paint, had a backhoe digging to lay new pipes. Then every night about 100 or so people get together to eat (delicious) food and the laughing and music go on till 4:00 am or so.
Granted I know nothing about Ramadan but it seems like they’re having fun and celebrating something.
I don’t know where “back home” is for you (Turkey? I haven’t seen the spelling “Ramazan” elsewhere, so that’s just a guess) but as it happens, I do know a thing or two about “the mysterious dining habits of these creatures called ‘Muslims’” as I’ve spent 20 years living in countries where the Muslim population is 95% or more.
I’ve been stressing in this thread that there is no one single approach to Ramadan; a lot depends on what country you are from. So it is possible that you hail from somewhere that treats fast-breaking with boredom and a shrug (hard though that is for me to imagine). However, you can’t generalize from your experience to the entire Muslim world.
Hear Hear!
I don’t understand why you always snark at me. This is not the first time you have snarked at me for a completely innocent response. There was no snark and no sarcasm in my response so you can just take your rolleyes and shove them up your bum.
This is seriously the closest I have ever come to earning a warning. I want to tell you what I really feel. I lived with Muslims and amongst Muslims for most of my formative years and I really enjoyed it and I am speaking only from my own experience. So you can take your damn beef lasagna and add it to the rolleyes.
With all due respect as a fellow Muslim, I think this response was unnecessarily sarcastic and unworthy of you. Please bear in mind that rightly or wrongly, your public interactions will reflect on other Muslims and that by being confrontational in a forum like this (especially one where people have expressed positivity to Muslims and Islam), you’re doing yourself and other Muslims a disservice. Having said that, I hope this Ramadan was a successful one for you, and I wish you Eid Mubarak.