Most observant Muslims entering this last week of Ramadan have spent the holy month fasting from sunrise to sunset each day as dictated in the Quran.
But not every Muslim observes every tenet of the faith, which is something one local Facebook group has decided shouldn’t be rubbed in their faces.
The group, Muslims Underrepresented in Singapore (MUIS), has ruffled more than a few feathers with a post that appears to be calling out a woman in a headscarf for eating in public during the fasting month.
The photo, taken from a tweet by Twitter user @theamina_, shows a hijab-wearing woman eating her meal in a food court.
The tweet alongside the photo reads: “Yes I know there are women who are pregnant and those who are on their periods, but please lah, if you want to eat, don’t do it in public. Bring it back home. Respect this month of Ramadan (sad emoji). There have been many times it’s happened in front of my eyes, want to torture others, later there’s conflict.”
MUIS then reposted the Tweet to their Facebook page and urged Muslims who are “sick, old, pregnant, menstruating, or cannot fast for a valid reason” to “eat privately as consideration and respect for those who are fasting.”
That, however, hasn’t sat particularly well with some netizens, who entered the minefield of the comments section to debate the matter, with many suggesting that fasting is a personal responsibility, and not something others should be judging during Ramadan.
Others jumped in to say that the post was disrespectful, if only for the fact that the woman in question did not consent to being photographed, much less have her spiritual life dissected.
Other, more positive, souls suggested everyone should simply stick to working on themselves.
