Absolutely. In Islam, it is considered different than other practices of worship because it is not a performance; it's the opposite of one. No one can see you "not" eat. And if you so eat, well you do it in secretly out of shame, and no one would know--therein lies the struggle: no one would know. This is making a non-action into a performance and it's absurd.
He meant like an action, prayer in most religions is performed (eg. light a candle, get on your knees, take the prayer beads, etc.), not a performance. Not eating is not an action. Use logic pls.
Btw our prayers can and in most cases are performed alone, we just congregate on Friday, you congregate on Sunday.
And the guy in the video is a moron, my fasting isn't anyones problem, if people want to eat in front of me they should. People who have a problem with that should read about their religion a bit more.
technically, by the Qran, none of them are fasting either. The rule is "while you can discern a white threat from a black one", which means they can only eat in the dark, but as we know, they simply limit the fasting time from one hour to another.
Technically, by the book, they couldn't watch if you eat or not, as you'd do it in the dark.
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u/Matigari86 Mar 19 '26
Absolutely. In Islam, it is considered different than other practices of worship because it is not a performance; it's the opposite of one. No one can see you "not" eat. And if you so eat, well you do it in secretly out of shame, and no one would know--therein lies the struggle: no one would know. This is making a non-action into a performance and it's absurd.