Talk:Iftar

Timing of Iftar?
Is the timing of Iftar set in some way? Is it at sunset or dusk or something? HEL 16:21, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Sunset. Bertilvidet 22:29, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * At Magrib time Nielswik(talk) 16:46, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

the difference between Sunni and Shia about the time of Iftar goes back to their difference about the time of Adhan (Maghrib prayer). Sunnis believe that the time is sunset sharp but Shias believe that the time is some minutes (about 15 to 25 min) after sunset which is called Dhihab al-humra al-mashriqiyya (meaning: disappearing of redness of east). --Ali.shakeri.1987 (talk) 08:13, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Question about Place of Eating
It says that it's both taken as a community and at home- which is true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.138.208.245 (talk) 15:18, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

It can be either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahassan05 (talk • contribs) 12:18, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Problem with Reference
The reference on this page gives a 404 on the state department website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.13.206.230 (talk) 18:14, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Interfaith iftars
I've heard about iftars where both Christians and Jews participate in shared meals, along with Muslims. This could maybe be mentioned in the article. ADM (talk)

Jefferson
The recent claim that Jefferson hosted an Iftar dinner is historical revisionism and represents a non-neutral point of view, original research, and is non-verifiable. Please keep this false claim off Wikipedia.Jwbaumann (talk) 04:57, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Not sure how that's a false claim, historical revisionism, or NNPOV, or non-verifiable. Did you read the source cited? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.14.237.90 (talk) 08:29, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I did. Twice. The dinner was never meant to be an Iftar dinner. There is no contemporaneous source claiming it was intended as an Iftar dinner. It was a White House dinner. The fact that Jefferson was gracious enough to change the time of his dinner to accommodate a guest does not make it an Iftar dinner. Stop revising history based on your Islamic supremacist bias. This claim is part of the Islamist invasion and infiltration of America and as such has no place on Wikipedia. And sign your posts.Jwbaumann (talk) 05:13, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

You are making unsupported assumptions about Jefferson's intent. (And the claim of "Islamic supremacist bias" on my part is a fabrication and does not support a reading of your reversion as a good-faith edit.)

The definition of "Iftar" is that the top of the article. Jefferson changed the time of the dinner to accommodate the Tunsian's fasting schedule. If you can provide a source showing that this was not the evening meal where Mellimelli broke his daylight Ramadan fast, please do so. Otherwise, your edits and subsequent comments give the appearance that you are inserting personal opinions, NNPOV, and/or original research. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.59.76.241 (talk) 06:55, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

So according to you, the only criteria for an Iftar dinner is that it be "precisely at sunset" during Ramadan and that a Muslim be present? Can we just shorten the entire article to state this? It is up to you to prove that the dinner was intended as an Iftar dinner by the host, and considered an Iftar dinner by the participants at the time. Which is more supportable - that Jefferson changed the dinner time as a courtesy, or that he changed the dinner time to make the event an Iftar dinner? It is you who are making assumptions about Jefferson's intent. The addition of info about the Secretary of the Navy is coatracking and speculative and adds nothing to what I have previously added. Do you have evidence that Muslim prayers were offered at the meal? Was the meal halal? Also, the article citing the first islamic religious event at the White House is relevant because it demonstrates that the Jefferson dinner, having preceded the event cited, was NOT an Islamic religious event. Finally, since Jefferson wrote contemporaneously about the wall of separation between church and state, it is inconceivable that he would have intended a White House dinner with Muslims to be a religious event. Stop rewriting my history.Jwbaumann (talk) 16:49, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Please refer to this article for the working definition of "iftar." The sources cited (Monticello Newsletter, Marr, and Wright & Macleod) demonstrate Jefferson's intent to accommodate the Ramadan fasting provisions. The question of prayers and/or halal food are irrelevant here and possible coatracking, although the issue is interesting. I suggest you consult the sources cited.

Finally, I notice that you have been warned about injecting personal opinion and/or vandalizing other posts. I hope that is not the case here, although my impression is that you are trying to rewrite our history. I am reversing your changes. If you can provide evidence contrary to the sources cited, please do so. Otherwise you are inventing a "controversy" which is a violation of NPOV best practices. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.59.76.241 (talk) 20:37, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Jwbaumann, I fully agree with you on this one- mike in new york — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.88.15.63 (talk) 01:21, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

'Iftar' to be italicised or not?
'Iftar', though adopted into English from Arabic, might have assimilated enough into common use in English for it not to warrant italics any more. 'Iftar' appears in Merriam-Webster Online, which is described in MOS:FOREIGNITALIC as a good rule of thumb for deciding which words may or may not need to be italicised. This suggests that it may now be an English loanword than a foreign Arabic one.

If the other editors don't have any issues I'll take care of the wiki formatting and remove the italicisation from 'iftar' in the article within a week or two. —I&#39;llbeyourbeach (talk) 02:48, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done —I&#39;llbeyourbeach (talk) 04:07, 13 September 2020 (UTC)