I can imagine the smugness of the caricature maker the “ho hon hon zhese mussulmen sont trés stoupide! pour-qoui zey dont eat en le Ramadan! leur religion!”
What I’ve understood from volunteering with muslim kids internationally is that fasting can be suspended for basically any reason as long as you apologise. Like, Allah gets it, he’s not going to be mad that you actually need to eat, just make sure to say sorry.
I can imagine the smugness of the caricature maker the “ho hon hon zhese mussulmen sont trés stoupide! pour-qoui zey dont eat en le Ramadan! leur religion!”
Especially because I’m fairly sure fasting can be suspended in times of crisis, like y’know
A genocidal famine
Muhammad was like “bro, you can eat, you need your strength” when his troops were at war.
…not that this publication requires any counter-argument beyond PPB
What I’ve understood from volunteering with muslim kids internationally is that fasting can be suspended for basically any reason as long as you apologise. Like, Allah gets it, he’s not going to be mad that you actually need to eat, just make sure to say sorry.