North Carolina: Muslims enraged that city of Raleigh holds public hearing during Ramadan By Robert Spencer

Jihad Watch : “I mean, would they hold a meeting like this on Easter or on Christmas? Or Passover?”

For most Americans, Easter and Christmas are one day. Passover is a week. Ramadan is a month. Does Faisal Khan expect the city of Raleigh to shut down and do no business during the entire month of Ramadan? Why, yes. The principle is always and everywhere the same: in Muslim countries, you must conform your behavior to Muslim sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, you must conform your behavior to Muslim sensibilities.  “‘It is shameful.’ Activists condemn Raleigh for holding meeting during Ramadan,” by Anna Johnson, News & Observer, April 4, 2022:

Local activists are condemning the city of Raleigh for holding a public hearing related to bus rapid transit service during the month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the holiest month of the year for Muslims, with many fasting while the sun is up. Muslims then eat once the sun has set in a meal called iftar, which coincides with when the Raleigh City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the Western Boulevard bus rapid transit corridor on Tuesday….

While the U.S. Census doesn’t collect religious data, a large portion of the Triangle’s Muslim population lives near the proposed bus line, including members of the Islamic Association of Raleigh, which includes a masjid, or mosque, and school.

“We’re not living in the 1800s,” said Faisal Khan, founder of Carolina Peace Center, during a Friday news conference. “They are well aware of that. I mean, would they hold a meeting like this on Easter or on Christmas? Or Passover? No, they will not do that. It’s disrespectful. You need to be respectful to the community.”…

“I believe that it is shameful and disrespectful to hold this meeting during the holy month of Ramadan,” Khan said. “And I’m really disappointed and hurt as an American Muslim, not only for myself, but for the Muslim Americans, and by extension, other minority communities, Black and brown communities and immigrant communities, who I feel are constantly being marginalized with racial injustice and with racist policies.”

Some community members are scared and worried about the potential gentrification and housing pressures they could face from increased development along the future bus line, said Zainab Baloch, founder of Young American Protest and a former Raleigh mayoral candidate. “I’m tired,” she said. “As a Muslim woman I give my life to service and then to never be taken care of by any of my government structures, in any case, in any of my livelihood,” she said.

The groups asked that the public hearing be moved and for the city to reconsider the timing of the “Mayor’s Unity Day,” organized by the city’s Human Relations Commission, which is also being held during Ramadan….