{"id":747,"date":"2015-06-18T02:25:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T02:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/?p=747"},"modified":"2024-07-07T02:04:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T02:04:33","slug":"a-brief-guide-to-ramadan-for-non-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/747-a-brief-guide-to-ramadan-for-non-muslims.html","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Guide to Ramadan for Non-Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most notable practices during Ramadan is fasting from sunrise to sunset. While Muslims don&#8217;t expect non-Muslims to fast the same way they do, it remains important to show respect. As such there are certain things to know. Non-Muslims can manifest respect to Muslim faithful during Ramadan by observing the following etiquette:<\/p>\n<p>Do not eat, drink, or smoke in public during the fasting hours. This includes chewing gum.<\/p>\n<p>Do not engage in public displays of affection, like hugging.<\/p>\n<p>Do not engage in any aggressive behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Do not dance or play music in public. You may listen to music quietly with headphones.<\/p>\n<p>Do not wear inappropriate clothing in public. Dress respectfully. Men should avoid wearing sleeveless vests, while women should cover their shoulders and knees.<\/p>\n<p>Do not swear. Blasphemy is considered extra offensive during Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>Do not refuse a gift, from a simple date to something more exotic, you should accept it. Further, you should not refuse an invitation to join someone at Iftar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ofwsaudi.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ramadan1.webp\" alt=\"ramadan\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/06\/ramadan1.webp 594w, https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/06\/ramadan1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Those who fail the above etiquette face a variety of penalties but community service is usually being favored.<\/p>\n<p>Non-Muslims are free to eat and drink at designated areas or in the privacy of home. Workers may ask employers for a suitable place to eat lunch or take a smoking break.<\/p>\n<p>During Ramadan, work hours are reduced by two hours for employees across all sectors regardless of whether observing Ramadan or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most notable practices during Ramadan is fasting from sunrise to sunset. While Muslims don&#8217;t expect non-Muslims to fast the same way they do, it remains important to show respect. As such there are certain things to know. Non-Muslims can manifest respect to Muslim faithful during Ramadan by observing the following etiquette: Do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2203,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/2203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinoy-ofw.com\/saudi-arabia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}