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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
I know lots of people who fast while other people are eating around them. I've fasted while people have eaten around me. Does it make it harder to fast? Sure it does. But you don't fast because it's supposed to be easy or pleasant. You fast to deny yourself a worldly pleasure and to focus your thoughts to your faith. I don't think you "respect" those who are fasting by telling everyone else that they can't eat in public or that they can only eat in designated areas. People who fast are choosing to do so, and if they feel uncomfortable around people who are eating, then I think they should choose to remove themselves, as opposed to forcing everyone else to accommodate their needs.
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so should i be removing myself from meetings if someone decides to smoke drink or eat in front of me? should i be removing myself from the office at lunch time? should i change my course so that i dont walk past the food court? these designated areas are actually normal restaurants with curtains, and not some back of house room.
At the end of the day, yes people who fast do have a choice whether to fast or not, but its also a choice for visitors to be in the country at that time.
if i were in India, id respect my hosts by not eating beef in their presence the same way id respect my hosts during ramadan by not eating in their presence.