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Originally Posted by emamum23

The Muslims i know dont expect others to fast when they do, they are doing it for a reason! they do ask that you dont eat around them (tbh thats common sense anyway)

No its not. It is imposing their views on others.

If a Muslim came into my flat during Ramadan and I was eating or having a fag there is no way that I would pander to his whim. It is MY FLAT and if he wants to stay in it he has to abide by my ways. If I were smoking I would open a window if it wasn’t already open, but that has nothing to do with Ramadan, just me recognising that I won’t impose my vile habit on someone else.

This is my (our) country, we are in the greater majority and they are permanent visitors to it so it is up to them to integrate with us and not the other way around. This is not negotiable.

I spent nearly two years at HMS Jufair in Bahrain, a Muslim country, and experienced two periods of Ramadan. During that time we were warned that if we went into the nearest town to do some shopping, not to take any sweets, crisps etc with us, no chewing gum and no smoking in the street or even in taxis or even in our own car. Shops that normally offered tea, coffee or an ice cold drink to their customers as they shopped, stopped doing so. All cafes and restaurants closed during the day. HMS Jufair and the RAF club were exempt from these restrictions because the Sheik decreed that they were foreign soil.

We abided by their rules so I expect them to abide by ours.