[07055]

Not only is this discriminatory, but it seems to miss the essence of Ramadan. Ramadan is NOT the Muslim Christmas. It is the Muslim Lent. When you have every heard a TV Station wish anyone "Happy Lent"? It would be stupid---Lent is a time of penance, not frivolity.

The only significance the media gives to Lent is in connection with Fat Tuesday---the day before you are supposed to fast for 40 days.

[Malesherbes]

07055 said it well. I lived in a Moslem country for a year, and Ramadan is certainly not a "happy" time. You fast between sun-up and sun-down; then you can eat. It is supposed to be a time of solemnity. The media are pathetic.

[NYCVirago]

Not only is this discriminatory, but it seems to miss the essence of Ramadan. Ramadan is NOT the Muslim Christmas. It is the Muslim Lent. When you have every heard a TV Station wish anyone "Happy Lent"? It would be stupid---Lent is a time of penance, not frivolity. The only significance the media gives to Lent is in connection with Fat Tuesday---the day before you are supposed to fast for 40 days.

Hillary Clinton, of course, didn't know this about Ramadan. Remember during the impeachment when she talked about the holiday season, and referred to Christmas, Hanukhah, and Ramadan? She thought that Ramadan was the equivalent to Christmas! If Bush had done that, we'd never hear the end of it.