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I look forward to fasting for Ramadan. I have never done the full month and I doubt I will this time around either. The first time that I fasted was in summer 2009. It changed my life.
I hate feeling forced to do anything. I love the spiritual connection and inner power I feel when I fast. I also enjoy praying but I do a remixed Maryam version of it. Nothing about my fasting experience is traditional other than the actual fasting part.
If I don& #39;t wake up on time to eat before sunrise, for example, I won& #39;t fast that day. I would not torture myself just for the sake of sticking to imaginary restrictions. I make my own rules in that way.
But if I do wake up on time and eat before sunrise, I would not break my fast until it is time to break the fast. I don& #39;t cheat.
Fasting by own rules is a privilege that many people around the world do not have due to governmental, societal, community and familial pressure and restrictions.
Also, I& #39;ve never read the Quran and I doubt I ever will. I am not interested to read the holy books of any religion. I don& #39;t see the point.
I read one chapter of the Quran once in the Abbasi Hotel in Isfahan in 2003. I found it in the drawer of the nightstand. I had trouble falling asleep so I read it until I fell asleep. I don& #39;t remember anything from what I read.
Fasting can be abusive if it is forced on. There are families who force their children to fast. That& #39;s nothing short of child abuse.
In Iran, if you get caught eating or drinking a beverage in public (even water), the authorities have the right to issue you a fine or lash you.
In Iran, if you get caught eating or drinking a beverage in public (even water), the authorities have the right to issue you a fine or lash you.
One such example: https://twitter.com/maryamnayebyazd/status/874248819046834176?s=20">https://twitter.com/maryamnay...
Ramadan is not so positive in Iran, but many Muslims around the world ignore the realities in Iran. My theory for why they do is that they don& #39;t want to look themselves in the mirror as they probably act similarly to the regime in Iran within their own communities or families.
Well this thread had a plot twist.
