Desacralization and Ramadan

For the past 23 years of my life, I spend an approximate 30 days a year fasting for dawn till dusk in observance of the Holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan falls during the ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar. As for this year, I will be observing Ramadan in Bozeman because it will on June 28. While fasting, Muslims refrain from drinking, eating, and participating in any form of sexual interactions from dawn until sunset. During this time we are encouraged to humble ourselves by purifying our souls, refocus attention to Allah (God), and practice self-sacrifice, Ramadan is much more than abstaining from drinking and eating. 

Unfortunately, Ramadan has been going through a process of desacralization in Islamic countries such as Kuwait. Rather than concentrate on the concept and essence of this Holy month, people started treating it as a month of social gatherings and lavish feasts. For example, when I spent my most recent Ramadan in Kuwait, Kim Karsashian visited to open the Millions of Milkshakes franchise at a local mall in Kuwait. Many people including my self felt insulted that a person who gained fame from immoral acts was going to visit Kuwait during the holiest time of the year to open a milkshake franchise.