Coffee shop attacked in Lebanon for not closing during Ramadan

Sally

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Would anyone here in the Wes think of bombing a Halal butcher if he opened up on Christmas or Easter? I certainly hope some radical Muslim doesn't take it into his head to bomb my favorite Middle East market owned by a Lebanese Christian since he is opened up all during the day to early evening during Ramadan, the same as he is during the rest of the year.

Coffee shop attacked in Lebanon for not closing during Ramadan

Nisrine Hatoum, Al Arabiya News
Thursday, 3 July 2014

A café open for customers during the day of the fasting month of Ramadan in the Lebanese city of Tripoli was attacked by unknown gunmen with a grenade, wounding four people and causing material damages to the café.

Two unidentified men on a motorcycle threw the bomb at Makiya café whose owner insists on opening his shop for customers who do not observe Ramadan fasting.

Observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk during Ramadan.

One of the city’s residents, who refused to be named, said that Makiya is one of the cafés in the northern city which opens its doors to non-fasting customers who have chronic diseases, such as diabetes, pressure, kidney and ulcers, pointing out that they are regular customers.

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http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/07/03/Grenade-attack-targets-caf-open-
 

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