Anyone consider themselves a Cultural Muslim?

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Anonymous wrote:Does wearing a hijab cause men to leave you alone/be more respectful? I’d be an atheist in a hijab if this is true.

I'm Muslim, never wore hijab nor intend to do it but I must say it can slightly improve odds of safety in your favor but just like carrying guns doesn't.

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... doesn't guarantee it.

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Anonymous wrote:Does wearing a hijab cause men to leave you alone/be more respectful? I’d be an atheist in a hijab if this is true.

I'm Muslim, never wore hijab nor intend to do it but I must say it can slightly improve odds of safety in your favor but just like carrying guns doesn't.

When I was younger, I used to wear my mothers hijab on dates to trick boyfriends into recognizing me and not one did as I passed by. It’s amazing the difference covering hair makes.

I think it makes one safer from catcalling but it also makes you more of a target as a hate crime. Nobody can recognize me as a Muslim just on look unless I’m with my mother or other family

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Anonymous wrote:I have family members that are not devout, they don’t pray or fast but they do go for Eid prayers, dress up and visit family. It’s a little awkward when they come for iftar but have not been fasting but we all just look the other way.

Someone misunderstood the assignment of Ramadan... and it's not those non-fasting family members.

Way to make a huge leap here. I never ever treated those family members who don’t fast any differently. They are warmly welcome in my home and I don’t judge them at all. I only said it was awkward because they feel awkward and apologize for eating and not fasting. I never say or do anything to make them stick out. Like I said we just look the other way and just act as if everyone has been fasting. Trust me, I know what Ramadan is all about.

You are lying now? Is that what ramadan is all about?

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Anonymous wrote:Does wearing a hijab cause men to leave you alone/be more respectful? I’d be an atheist in a hijab if this is true.

Absolutely.

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Anonymous wrote:Does wearing a hijab cause men to leave you alone/be more respectful? I’d be an atheist in a hijab if this is true.

It might stop some to a degree, but in general no. It makes you a target for islamophobia. And don't forget, women in hijabs, girls in diapers and even dead women are raped by men. It doesn't matter what you're wearing, disgusting men are going to be disgusting men.

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Anonymous wrote:I have family members that are not devout, they don’t pray or fast but they do go for Eid prayers, dress up and visit family. It’s a little awkward when they come for iftar but have not been fasting but we all just look the other way.

Trust us, it is awkward for us non-fasters to go to an Iftar, too, as we haven’t ’earned it’.

I’ll add that some non-devout also dabble in fasting for cultural solidarity, health benefits, and/or spiritual reasons.

Why is it awkward? In the Arab world it’s perfectly normal for ppl who don’t fast to attend an Iftar. No one is going around checking if they are fasting or not.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone looking for health benefits or discipline training can observe Ramadan. Anyone looking for fun and food, can celebrate Eid. You don't need to be practicing Muslim or even Muslim. I'm Muslim but it never stopped me from joining religious holidays of my non Muslim friends and neighbors.

Dunno what you are talking about. A lot of Muslims who aren’t religious at all fast in Ramadan. My parents aren’t religious. My dad drinks and is agnostic. Both parents never pray. They’ve never been to hajj and don’t plan to. Same with my sister and her husband. But they fast because fasting is about community. This is really common in the Arab world. Even the nonreligious fast.

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Anonymous wrote:If so, how do you celebrate Eid?

Dress up Have a nice big lunch or dinner with family and friends? Exchange gifts and/or eidiyah. Just like believing Muslims. I mean other than going the Eid prayer in the morning which not everyone goes to anyways, what would be the difference between the way a “cultural Muslim” celebrates Eid and a practicing Muslim celebrates it?