This article dates from well over a year ago, but Ramadan is once again upon us, and this article does not date, as the dawah it depicts always follows the same pattern, even now amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Angie Suarez only expected a free meal when she went to Fast-A-Thon [held at the University of Florida] for the first time last year.
The 20-year-old UF public health junior was pleasantly surprised to learn about Islam and what fasting means to Muslims, she said. She came back to the O’Connell Center with a group of friends and an appetite Thursday night.
“It was about so much more than food,” Suarez said.
Was it really? What else was this Fast-a-Thon about? The free meal was what drew her when she attended the event for the first time two years, and was “pleasantly surprised to learn about Islam” and “what fasting means to Muslims.” But what did she “learn about Islam” that caused her to be “pleasantly surprised”? She doesn’t say. And what does she think such fasting means to Muslims? Fasting during Ramadan is intended to increase self-control in all areas, including food, sleeping, sex and the use of time. It’s a time when the gates of Heaven are open, and the gates of Hell are closed. Muslims believe that their good actions bring a greater reward during this month than at any other time of year, because this month has been blessed by Allah. Violent jihad is one of those “good actions,” but I doubt Angie Suarez was told that.
Muslims also believe that it is easier to do good in this month because the devils have been chained in Hell, and so can’t tempt believers. This doesn’t mean that Muslims will not behave badly, but that any evil that they do comes from within themselves, without additional encouragement from Satan.
Almost all Muslims try to give up bad habits during Ramadan, and some will try to become better Muslims by praying more or reading the Qur’an.
I suspect that Angie Suarez thinks that Muslims fast as a sign of solidarity with the poor, but it is not about solidarity with the poor; the solidarity is only with other Muslims, rich and poor, observing Ramadan. The month of fasting is about Muslims improving their own self-control, submitting more fully to Allah, and deepening their commitment to Islam by reading the Qur’an.
More than 450 students ate a traditional Mediterranean dinner during Islam on Campus’ 15th annual charity fundraiser.
The group raised more than $4,000 for Islamic Circle of North America Relief’s Transitional Women’s Homes in Florida and the Edhi Foundation, a social welfare organization in Pakistan, said Sana Nimer, the group’s president.
The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is a group known for the suspect company it keeps. At its September 2018 convention, it offered a slew of antisemitic and misogynistic speakers. These included the defender of Hamas Linda Sarsour, Nazir Ahmed, Ustadh Abdelrahman Murphy, Boonaa Mohammed, and the imam Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Did Angie Suarez know about this group for which she was helping to raise money? Of course not. She was told it was a charitable organization. The precise nature of this “charity” and the company it keeps was not discussed. Nor did any of the other Infidels who came for the food, and stayed for the lesson on fasting in Islam, apparently have any doubts about the ICNA. Why would they?
Islam on Campus will donate to the charities on behalf of each student who signed up to fast from sunrise to sunset.
“We choose to fast because it unites us with those who are less fortunate,” Nimer said.
Does Nimer feel “united” with “less fortunate” non-Muslims, the people her Qur’an tells her — at 5:51 — that she must not take as friends, “for they are friends only with each other,” and still worse, these non-Muslims are “the most vile of created beings” (98:6)? Ramadan itself has nothing to do with uniting those fasting “with those who are less fortunate.” It is, rather, all about improving oneself as a Muslim, exhibiting self-control in all areas, ideally reading through the entire Qur’an during the month of Ramadan to deepen one’s commitment to the faith, and demonstrating submission to Allah. It has nothing to do with “uniting” those fasting “with those who are less fortunate.”
Students ate hummus as an appetizer; Kefta, a traditional beef dish, with rice; a Mediterranean salad as an entree; and cake for dessert.
The majority of students who attended were not Muslim, said Mariam Abouzied, an executive board member.
No, of course not. Muslim students do not need to attend this evening of hummus-kefta-and-rice propaganda; they’re already hooked. Some may show up to help the propaganda effort among the unwary Infidel students.
“I believe that Fast-A-Thon will show that anyone can make a difference,” she said. “College students in Florida can be impacting lives across the world.”
Yes, they will be “impacting” lives by innocently contributing their mite to the Islamic Council of North America, which has given a platform to Hamas-linked speakers, and is itself (as stated above) an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center trial.
The dinner also featured guest speakers UF President Kent Fuchs and Imam Abdurrahman Sykes, a Muslim community leader from Orlando.
Sykes began fasting as a Christian 46 years ago, he told students. He converted to Islam after researching fasting in different religions and in Muslim communities.
“Fasting involves more than just being hungry and thirsty,” Sykes said.
Abdurrahman Sykes converted to Islam “after researching fasting in different religions.” What was it about Ramadan that he found so appealing? Was it the requirement of sunrise-to-sunset total abstinence? Was it the supposed “spirituality” of reading the Qur’an during that month? Did Abdurrahman Sykes, in the decades since he converted to Islam, learn anything more beyond the Five Pillars? What did he discover about Islam since he became a Muslim? Did he learn about the 109 verses in the Qur’an that command Muslims to wage violent Jihad against the Unbelievers? Did he learn the verses that specifically order Muslims to “strike terror” in the hearts of the Infidels? Did he learn that Muslim husbands may “beat” their disobedient wives? Did he come across any of the two dozen antisemitic verses in the Qur’an? Did he learn that the Qur’an describes non-Muslims as “the most vile of created beings”? Did he learn that Muhammad personally took part in killing the 600-900 bound prisoners of the Banu Qurayza? Or that he wished aloud for the death (“Who will rid me of this woman?”) of three people who had mocked or criticized him, and his loyal followers, not needing to be told directly, carried out his wishes, killing Asma bint Marwan, Abu ‘Afak, and Ka’b bin al-Ashraf? Do you think Abdurrahman Sykes has remained so focused on fasting in Islam that he never learned any of that? Do you think he knows that Muhammad, the Perfect Man (al-insan al kamil) and Model of Conduct (uswa hasana) consummated his marriage to Aisha when she was nine and he was fifty-four? Do you think Abdurrahman Sykes knows that Muhammad boasted that “war is deceit” and that “I have been made victorious through terror”?
The University of Florida students who showed up for the free food at the Fast-A-Thon (offered, of course, after sunset) learned, it seems, nothing of substance, nothing about Jihad, or terrorizing the enemy, or Islamic views of Unbelievers, or about the treatment of women in Islam. These uninformed students did not know, and wouldn’t have thought to inquire, about the ICNA, the suspect “charitable organization” that they were supporting, and its ties to such people as Siraj Wahhaj and Linda Sarsour.
One can only hope that some of the University of Florida students, after the event, and possibly having been alerted by articles similar to this one, began to truly educate themselves about Islam, by reading the Qur’an and some of the Hadith, and commentaries such as Spencer’s Blogging the Qur’an, to find out about what they were so carefully not told about Islam during those free Fast-A-Thon dinners — of hummus, and beef kefta, and rice.
rubiconcrest says
The idea of Muslims ‘fasting’ during Ramadan makes me laugh. Ramadan is the time of the year when Muslims gorge themselves after dark and gaining weight.
mortimer says
RC is correct. Observation of the food prices in Muslims countries show that during Ramadan food prices actually GO UP due to the law of supply and demand. The demand for food during Ramadan actually exceeds the supply, because Muslims are eating MORE food during Ramadan than they do during the other months.
This accounts for the obesity in many Muslims. The weight they pack on during Ramadan tends to stay with them.
Salome says
Not just that but the bit about self-control, too. Imagine what they’d be like without Ramadan!
faraway says
Also abstaining from sex during daylight hours does not seem a great feat of self-control.Most people since all time had sex at night; after all before electric light, what else was there to do.This rule likely resulted from Mo’s own extreme randiness.It’s all about Mohammed!
william carr says
Yes it is supposed to give Muslims empathy with the poor and hungry. but the poor and hungry are hungry all the time every day. They do not get to got to bed with full stomachs (mainly full to bursting) at night as the so called ‘fasting’ Muslims do. Like everything in Islam it is fake/.
Thereader says
they sleep during the day and then start feasting at night. Not a true fast.
Niemoller says
Becoming a muslim after 9/11, the ISIS rape-genocides, Boko Haram, etc. is like becoming a nazi after the Holocaust.
Why would someone go to a fast looking for a free meal?
Ramadan is about as close to real fasting as break-fast.
Westman says
Supposedly one must refrain from anything that would lead one astray during the fasting hours and concentrate on Allah and Life’s Purpose(according to Islam).
However at night it can be a banquet followed by intimate relations with the spouse. Not much of a sacrifice, particularly if the women do all the daytime work. If one is on the EU nation doles this could be a festive time before Eid al-Fitr(the festival of breaking the fast). No wonder there are so many internet sites advising how to avoid weight gain during Ramadan.
mortimer says
American kafirs who give alms to Islamic charities may actually be financing the purchase of weapons that may be turned against them. Such well-meaning uninformed Pollyannas are quite naïve.
SHARIA LAW: from The Reliance of the Traveler, A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law.” A whole section is devoted to the rules of zakat, including “THE EIGHT CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS.” On page 272, section h8.17, one category is labeled:
“THOSE FIGHTING FOR ALLAH”
“The seventh category is those fighting for Allah, meaning people engaged in Islamic military operations for whom no salary has been allotted in the army roster (O: but who are volunteers for jihad without remuneration). They are given enough to suffice them for the operation, even if affluent; of weapons, mounts, clothing, and expenses (O: for the duration of the journey, round trip, and the time they spend there, even if prolonged. Though nothing has been mentioned here of the expense involved in supporting such people’s families during this period, it seems clear that they should also be given it).”
Lilith Wept says
See, this is where a local chapter of ACT or just a group of people could make a difference…Print off some pamphlets from Citizen Warriors site , or or use The Religion of Peace’s articles and statistics, , Jihad Watch or Bare Naked Islam and make up your own Pamphlet that just list all the violent quotes from the Koran and Hadiths, , Maybe all the verses about Jihad or the verses about the way moslems are to treat non moslems……….make sure that you include the quotes from moslems about how these verses are to be interpreted……maybe include a list of books for people to read about the truth of Islam .
I know most will just throw a pamphlet away but some may look up a few of the quotes, maybe just so they can prove the Islamophobes wrong …and they might be shocked by what they find. …if one or two people were to learn the truth it would be worth it….and for the publicity of a group,of people, quietly , calmly criticizing Islam …..
If the mainstream media doesn’t cover this, then make sure that the group involved has plenty of their members recording everything that happens…especially if they are ordered to stop.
Make sure to record if there’s violence or aggression from moslems, to contract their violence with the intent of the group to engage in a calm discussion…then post this online….and keep,posting it if it’s taken down….post on BitChute .
One way for ordinary people to start pushing back is a grassroots action of these ordinary people who come out to events like this and try and show the side of Islam that moslems won’t talk about …..you need at least one person in each group that knows the Koran, Hadith and Sira and the counter arguments, lies and coverups that moslems try to use when anyone critisizes Islam .
I think if enough people did this , show up at these events , the interfaith events, any event where Islam is presented as positive, and do this in all states …it would send a strong message …to moslems and to politicians ….that we are tired of the way Islam and moslems are being presented as the favored treatment they are getting.
And while this may seem like a small thing, it’s better than what we are doing now. Moslwms respect strength and have said that we ofmthe west don’t want to fight for our women , our country so let’s show a little strength and fight back against this Civilization Jihad that’s spreading Islam in our country…instead of just allowing it to happen .
ploome says
Hari Krishna used to do the same food thing
gravenimage says
Luckily, the Kristhnas, whatever their problems, do not preach the submission or murder of all non-believers.
somehistory says
They should call it “fast and furious, Act 2.” They don’t eat during the day, but over-indulge in the dark, which isn’t really “fasting” They go ballistic if they see others eating, esp something like a ham sandwich.
It seems they are always “furious” with others who don’t follow their filthy ways.
It’s really difficult to believe that the woman went to the event where it was called “fast-a thon” and “expected a free meal,” without being told more than just that much. When one “fasts,” that one does not eat.
University students, many of them, have a strict budget and a “free meal” is attractive in that they only spend the money to get there. In Gainesville, where UF is located, bus fare is pretty cheap, and the students ride free anyway.
So, she went a second time, taking along her friends and an “appetite.” That part is somewhat understandable, and since moslims lie about what isalm means, requires, demands and metes out to those not complying, the unwary and hungry are special targets.
PRCS says
He converted to Islam after researching fasting in different religions and in Muslim communities.
Fasting? Just fasting?
Did he research anything else about the ROP? Barbaric punishments, for example, are soooo much less important to a potential revert than fasting.
Northern Virginiastan says
Interesting. The Edhi Foundation prides itself for serving all, not just Muslims.
Rolf Wittwer says
Don’t forget to consult and read many incredible,crazy and very stupid “fatwas” in the internet!
Indeed – many muslims know- the earth is a disk.
And the sun circles us.
gravenimage says
Florida Fast-A-Thon Hooks Unwary Infidels
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Why aren’t these useful idiots interested in fasting in Christianity or Judaism, Hinduism or Buddhism?
Why go for the religion of blood and death? Because these Da’wa artists tell them nothing about *that* aspect of Ramadan–mot yet anyway.
Jerry says
Ramadan is a month when devout Muslims , as usual, prey on all non-Muslims as well as some of themselves, and then, nightly feast to over indulgence.