04/30/2021
This Ramadan, we urge you to keep our incarcerated brothers and sisters in your hearts and minds.
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"Aishah — who was incarcerated for three years in a prison on the East Coast — recounts multiple forms of religious discrimination when she was incarcerated. She tells Vox how women used to fast long days during Ramadan and at times were denied iftar, the breaking of the fast, simply because 'the kitchen didn’t have food.' She says when a local mosque used to donate food, many Muslims were denied that food and told they had to pay for it. When it came to accessing Qurans, they were extremely limited in number and not readily available. Instead, a Bible was offered.
'It was clear that they were trying to make our lives more difficult because we were Muslim,' Aishah says."
Capitol rioter Jake Angeli, the so-called "Q Shaman," was given organic food in prison, revealing a double standard for Muslim prisoners.
