Let's respect Ramadan, and respect each other too


A family breaking their Ramadan fast by the side of a highway in Gombak, Selangor, as they travel to the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia to celebrate Hari Raya. — Reuters

It might be tougher now to enjoy your chicken nuggets for lunch, especially if you’re a Muslim in the month of Ramadan.

This is because of a story that went viral last week: An employee at a local fast food outlet had decided to post on TikTok a video from a surveillance camera of three women wearing hijabs, annotated with “9pcs of nuggets, cheesy fries and ice lemon tea and dined in” (translated from Malay) and ending with “Don’t you feel bad for the customers that are fasting?”

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