This is so great: everyone coming together, and learning to love and understand each other — why, peace will dawn upon the world any minute now! And when is the major Christian celebration inside a significant religious or cultural landmark in a Muslim country? I’ll buy a ticket!
Also, as for the Islamic influence on Shakespeare’s world, it is, as is so often the case with things of this kind, wildly exaggerated. Shakespeare’s England viewed Islam with horror and fear after centuries of jihad warfare upon Europe from the Ottoman Empire.
“Ramadan Iftar at Shakespeare’s Globe honors Islamic influence on bard’s world,” by Aysu Biçer, Anadolu Agency, March 10, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
On Sunday evening, hundreds of Muslims and non-Muslims came together at the iconic Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on South Bank to break their fast and celebrate Ramadan, as part of the Ramadan Tent Project’s annual Open Iftar event.
This gathering marked a moment of unity, fostering connection and understanding among people from diverse backgrounds.
Since 2013, the Ramadan Tent Project has been organizing Open Iftar fast-breaking events in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as a way to bring together communities and encourage dialogue about Islam.
These events allow people from different walks of life to share a meal, learn more about the faith, and celebrate the spirit of compassion and solidarity during Ramadan.
Iftar, which takes place after the evening call to prayer at sundown, marks the end of the daily fast for Muslims, and is typically an occasion for family and friends to come together.
The Globe Theatre, renowned for its historic connection to Shakespeare, served as a fitting venue for the event, especially given its embrace of diverse cultures, including Muslim heritage….
somehistory says
One can easily tell this was written by a mozlum or a mozlum wannabee.
“the spirit of compassion ” There is no such thing in islime. Otherwise, those two little boys….and all of the other little babies and children, their parents, grandparents and friends….would still be alive, but instead they were violently slaughtered by mozlums who wanted to show everyone how powerful they are.
mozlums getting the *royal* treatment in the U.K. while their *brothers and sisters* in islime, still hold hostages in Gaza; slaughter Christians all over Africa, and in Syria and demand that no one upset their celebrations.
It makes me want to puke.
James Lincoln says
somehistory says,
“It makes me want to puke.”
I already have.
somehistory says
Sorry, James. Wish it could help. But even puking doesn’t bring the results needed. So I pray more.
Hudders. says
We can pray and be sick @SH @James. :)Both are understandable when one learns of yet another blatant muslim mockery.
Celebrating the death cult, deliberately right at the heart of British culture…..Makes my blood boil, as well as being sick and praying.
It gets worse daily….
somehistory says
Yes, Hudders. We must pray fervently, and as the Bible says, “incessantly.” There are many examples in the Bible where God’s faithful did so during trying times such as we face. And they received answers. We must not give up.
gravenimage says
+1
bill says
At least puking achieves something whilst prayer never does, never has, and never will, except to give some delusional comfort to the the actor.
England Invaded says
“Though those that are betray’d Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe”
gravenimage says
Spot on. And here is a prayer from Shakespear re treason:
Abate the edge of traitors, gracious Lord,
That would reduce these bloody days again
And make poor England weep in streams of blood!
Let them not live to taste this land’s increase
That would with treason wound this fair land’s peace!
Now civil wounds are stopped, peace lives again:
That she may long live here, God say amen!
Tony says
Islamization is deceitful Muslim tool against Non-Muslims to help achieve ultimate power and control as taught in the Quran(Quran 9:5,29,111 and more). This Muslim terrorist process never stops.
Islam, a Terrorist-Criminal Enterprise, and its murderous Muslims continually fund, promote, and practice ideological subversion, propaganda, bigotry, discrimination, deceit, supremacy, segregation, hatred, violence, and terrorism as taught in Islamic Law and in Islam’s Quran, and Muslim actions should be legally challenged with a multi-faceted force of Western Laws like Muslims wield against Americans and Westerners(Quran 9:5,29; 49:15 and more). Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) fighting against Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL religion under Western Law because Islam funds, teaches, and promotes a Terrorist Criminal Organization with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah(Quran 9:5,29; 49:15 and more).
Under Islam and Islamic Law, Muslims have the legal right to terrorize Non-Muslims because neglecting this DIVINE DUTY is a Crime against Allah; Jihad means warfare against Non-Muslims to ESTABLISH ISLAM’S RELIGION(Quran 3:151; 9:29; Muslim Law Manual: “Reliance of the Traveller”, o9.0 and more). More specifically, Islam, a terroristic-destructive way of life, is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Murderous, Criminal Enterprise of intolerance, continuous war, discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, propaganda, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran(Quran 2:216; 4:65,89,95; 5:14,64; 8:12,39,74; 9:5,21,29,36, 41,49,88,111,123; 21:92; 49:15 and more).
40 rounds says
God, Muslims see us a mile away. We are such suckers for falling and tolerating all their lying bullshit fakery. (Present company exempted from my criticism). I’m tired of pretending these people are a wonderful asset to humanity. And I’m particularly tired of their fake fasting for just 10 hours and then gorging themselves til they vomit
OLD GUY says
Calling Muslims a wonderful asset to humanity is like saying a pile of s–t is a great meal. Islam is a parasite on mankind and will lead to the death of modern society.
gravenimage says
+1
Tim gsllagher says
What a load bullshit. Islam’s influence on Shakespeare’s work equals not a damned thing. Islam, which is trying drag the entire human race back into dark ages where live like 7th century arab knuckle draggers, has had no civilising effect on any human society ever. Islam should be banned since it treads all over so many basic human rights.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Maybe they could have reenacted “The Merchant of Venice”, but rewriting it for the Prince of Morocco to win Portia’s hand. Then show Portia convert to islam, don a niqab and then strip Shylock of his wealth at the court, and finally have Portia & her
ownerhusband celebrate ruining a JewIn fact, coming to think of it, it wouldn’t have looked much different from the original play where only Christians did the Jew-hating
memi says
Excellent idea for the Merchant of Venice rewrite! The Bard would be pleased…
gravenimage says
Shakespeare was influenced by antisemitism, no doubt, but Shylock is a much more humanized character than you would ever find under Islam.
Moshe says
The Brits are frogs (French) being brought slowly to a boil in a huge kettle, dimly aware of their imminent destruction until it is too late. The Brits won’t get it until the islamo Nazis march the entire royal family to the scaffold at the Tower of London for a mass beheading to be broadcast on BBC/ Al Jazeera to make sure that the Brits get the message – Allah hu akhbar!
England Invaded says
“Though those that are betray’d Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe”
Saul Bastomsky says
Had they not been stopped outside Vienna, Londonistan would have come into being centuries earlier.
Eddie says
So in the Britain we have this year seen a real bigging up of Ramadan.
The King at Windsor Castle.
Starmer at Westminster Hall
Now the Globe and Shakespeare.
What is the next iconic English venue going to be?
What really strikes me is the blatant, in your face almost childish aspect of it all. Not exactly subtle any of it.
But that is what Islam is.
In your face stupid deceit and false narrative.
Wouldn’t fool a five year old kid.
But our UK leaders fall for it . Reeled in like fat, gaping mouth fish with no intelligence behind their eyes.
Pathetic but dangerous.
England Invaded says
It’s a take over, pure and simple.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Babylon Bee advisory: How To Avoid Harmfully Stereotyping A Muslim Immigrant Who Is Assaulting You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqei4RoV7k0
England Invaded says
“Though those that are betray’d Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe”
As Bill the bard said
memi says
“Shakespeare’s England viewed Islam with horror and fear after centuries of jihad warfare upon Europe from the Ottoman Empire.”
Today’s England’s majority population views political Islam with fear for its threat to human rights and its growing influence of Semitophobia, Christianophobia and Hinduism. Neo-Ottoman, via Erdogan’s genocidal Turkey is evident in the jihadist terrorists of “Syria” butchering, burning, looting, raping and killing children and women by the thousands in the sea coast (that Turkey wants to control).
Horrific videos taken with “pride” and Allah Akbar cries of these Islamist terrorists before killing in cold blood their civilian victims must have been as barbaric to Shakespeare’s England as it is now in its new “glory”.
And EU will soon be Islamicised unless they start reading their history and view with horror today’s Political Islam and its sworn fatwa to destroy all Jews and march to Jerusalem with neo-Ottoman swagger!
Shame for the EU to tolerate Islamists and, in England(!), to open even the Palace to Political Islam’s destructive goals that will eventually prompt EU to commit geostrategic hara-kiri for the sake of Sultan Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman barbaric nightmare.
gravenimage says
UK: Ramadan iftar celebrated at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to honor the supposed Islamic influence on his world
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Good God, what a load of tripe. The main influence of Islam on Europe was defending against it, and the only “positive” thing might be the influence of mostly Greek-speaking scholars who fled to the West after the fall of Constantinople in 1453–clearly a mixed blessing at best.
Shakespeare himself did not have a paricularly positve view of Islam, for good reason. Othello is an ambivalent character, and there are a few references to the Islamic world in The Merchant of Venice. The only really positive view of the Islamic world was its wealth in spices and Oriental goods for traders.
To hold this *at the Globe* could not be more perverse–and it just allows Muslims to claim another great Infidel space.