Jordan: Westernized Ramadan! · Global Voices
Haitham Sabbah

Firas wonders: “Well, these decorations are to commemorate Ramadan! Yet they are very westernized! The lanterns are now substituted for a flashing star in a crescent. Some has gone far by decorating their trees with tree lights, but of an Islamic version. So Ramadan now is a season of decorations and flashy things, is this because of Globalization? Or Muslims are simply sick of bigot scholars who are calling for killing anyone, everybody even oneself?“