WEB NEWS - Social media connects Tunisians choosing not to fast during Ramadan
- 11 years ago
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#Fater links Tunisians not fasting during Ramadan
These Tunisian web users are not planning on fasting during Ramadan and they are making no secret of it, as we can see on this Facebook group which features photos of them having lunch, drinking coffee or smoking a cigarette in the middle of the day. The page was set up in tongue in cheek defiance to Salafist preacher Adel Almi who threatened to photograph and denounce anyone who dared eat or drink in daylight during the holy month.
The site Nawaat reminds readers that there is no law forbidding eating and serving food in public places during Ramadan. The article goes on to explain that since the revolution and the Islamists taking office, numerous restaurants have decided to close during Ramadan although there is no legislation that says they have to.
And so some Tunisians have taken to social networks to list all the restaurants and cafés remaining open during the day. Web users have been posting the names and addresses of these establishments under the hashtag “#fater” which means “not fast” and they have also been pinpointed on this Google map which other users are welcome to add to.
Some have taken great exception to this initiative and are trying to sabotage the map by indicating places located in the Mediterranean Sea, whilst other non-fasters say they are respecting others by staying at home if they... Go on reading on our web site.
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#Fater links Tunisians not fasting during Ramadan
These Tunisian web users are not planning on fasting during Ramadan and they are making no secret of it, as we can see on this Facebook group which features photos of them having lunch, drinking coffee or smoking a cigarette in the middle of the day. The page was set up in tongue in cheek defiance to Salafist preacher Adel Almi who threatened to photograph and denounce anyone who dared eat or drink in daylight during the holy month.
The site Nawaat reminds readers that there is no law forbidding eating and serving food in public places during Ramadan. The article goes on to explain that since the revolution and the Islamists taking office, numerous restaurants have decided to close during Ramadan although there is no legislation that says they have to.
And so some Tunisians have taken to social networks to list all the restaurants and cafés remaining open during the day. Web users have been posting the names and addresses of these establishments under the hashtag “#fater” which means “not fast” and they have also been pinpointed on this Google map which other users are welcome to add to.
Some have taken great exception to this initiative and are trying to sabotage the map by indicating places located in the Mediterranean Sea, whilst other non-fasters say they are respecting others by staying at home if they... Go on reading on our web site.
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