[jambutty]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I think it's another case of the press making a mountain out of a molehill to get a sensational story.

Facts:

Some council meetings take place during the month of Ramadan.
Refreshments are provided during the council meetings.
Dusk falls during the council meetings.
Muslims break their fast at dusk,
However, when dusk fell and the Muslims went to get their packs of food to break their fast they were finding there was none left as it had all been scoffed earlier by the non-Muslims.
The non-Muslims were therefore requested to refrain from tucking in to food until the Muslims broke their fast to ensure fairness to all.

I personally see nothing wrong with that. Perhaps if the non-Muslims hadn't been such greedy beggars in the first place the problem would never have arisen.

A bit of cherry picking there WillowTheWhisp.

If you are throwing doubts on the accuracy of the report in the Telegraph, then surely it has to be the whole report or nothing. For does not that same report that you doubt also report about meals being scoffed by non Muslim councillors?

The real answer to that problem would be to serve two lots of food. Or is that too easy for the PC brigade and leaves no room for conflict.

What’s going to be next? We incumbents of the UK not being allowed to walk through a Muslin enclave eating a bag of crisps or smoking a fag during the daylight hours of Ramadan.

And the real issue is pandering to the Ramadan whim by reducing council business during the 30 days.

If someone takes on the Islamic faith then they have to accept that it is out of step with most of the rest of the world and they cannot expect the rest of the world to accommodate them. Except that they do and also want the rest of the world to convert to Islam.