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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]June 28 or 29. Very happy month of fasting during the day, and breaking the fast together with family and friends after sunset. Happy Ramadan is perfect. At the end, you can say Happy Eid.[/quote]

Ok.

Take this as a non-snark post.

If Ramadan is in the summer, and its purpose is atonement, and Eid is the celebration at the end of the fast, also in the summer, then why was the media and the PC folks so strongly pushing "Happy Ramadan" during the Hannukah and Christmas holiday season?

Isn't wishing Happy Ramadan the equivalent to wishing someone Happy Lent? Makes no sense as the religious part of the holiday is of a serious, introspective nature and not at all celebratory.

Wouldn't the better greeting be "Happy Eid" and reserved for after Ramadan? At least that is what my Pakistani neighbor told me...that Eid is the "happy" part NOT Ramadan.

And don't muslims feel like it is weird and disengnuous for the whole lumping Ramadan, Hannukah and Christmas altogether as one big happy winter holiday, especially since it occurs during the summer months?[/quote]

Other people have answered with a lot of good information. I just wanted to address the comparison to Lent. I'm Christian married to a Muslim, so I've been involved in both. Lent has a much more solemn feel to it than Ramadan. Ramadan does have an aspect of atonement to it, but it's so much more than that.  So while many aspects are similar, it's still appropriate to wish someone a Happy Ramadan.

Ramadan is about being closer to God in all ways, and closer to fellow Muslims, which is something that makes Muslims very happy. The nature of breaking the fast daily brings family and friends together in a happy way as well.

(This doesn't mean everyone is happy during a Ramadan. I've been in Egypt during Ramadan and some people get grumpy and fussy, maybe from low blood sugar? But I liken the attitude to the nasties here, out doing last minute Christmas shopping, beeping their horns and fussing to get the last parking spot at the mall.   It's not the norm, and all the more noticeable when everyone should be feeling spiritual, connected, and happy.
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