Is That Haram? (episode)

Is That Haram is the second half of the 19th episode of Season 3

## Characters

* Amhed
* Aaban
* Dong-Chouel
* Young-Chouel
* Swoople
* Ms. Chouel
* Lee-Choi
* Pizza Eui
* Sid Jeon
* Amhed's little brother
* Amhed's grandmother
* Fatima
* Aadil
* Levi
* Message Bird
* Rattles
* Samchon-Chouel
* Big-Al (Amhed's imagination only)

## Plot

Amhed makes a bet with Aaban of fasting through Ramadan with his family, but Dong-Chouel's pizza party is on the same day.

## Summary

At the beginning, Amhed's family gets ready for the biggest islamic holiday, Ramadan. Aaban makes Amhed dust the furniture. he thinks he has it all hard, but Aaban says he has it harder by fasting. Amhed thinks he can fast better than Aaban, so they make a bet. Then, Amhed's grandmother arrives and greets everyone. After that, she takes the feather duster out of Amhed's hand.

At school, Sid-Jeon is surprised that Amhed's family will not drink or eat on Ramadan. Dong-Chouel mentions afterwards that his Jewish pen-pal, Levi, also fasts an entire month during Yom Kippur. Dong-Chouel gives Amhed Levi's address, which is follow by Swoople eating Amhed's dessert to help him train. At Dong-Chouel's home, he gets a call from Pizza Eui's, saying he won in first place in a raffle, and will be having a pizza party with his friends and they will be taking a picture of everyone eating the pizza. Dong-Chouel sends a mail to Amhed about the pizza party.

Amhed is excited, but remembers he made a bet with Aaban about fasting on Saturday. he goes to his grandmother and hangs her head. Amhed's grandmother thinks Amhed is sick so she gets a thermometer, but Amhed says Dong-Chouel is having a pizza party on Ramadan and that it is too late to change the date. Catherine thinks Francine that she will not be able to fast on Saturday, but Francine tells her that as long as Catherine is not eating, she is not eating.

At the Busan Al-Fatah Mosque, Amhed tells Aaban that he is going to be able to fast. Their father compliments him and she sticks his tongue out at Aaban. The next day is Ramadan and Amhed wakes up not hungry at all, making him think that fasting is going be easy. But Aaban, who is taking a bath nearby, gives expressions that relate to food, which Amhed simply ignores while stating that he will be able to fast. At the synagogue, her stomach growls and makes his grandmother think a bear is in the temple, so the pair goes home.

At home, Amhed watches TV, but all the shows have food advertisements. he decides to read, only to find that most of the books have titles relating to food, but Amhed finds "Little Dorrit" by Charles Dickens. However, while he reads, the sentences have food listed so she lies back with her stomach growling. Then he mails Levi for advice and he says that during Yom Kippur, he tries not to think about food by visiting friends.

Amhed thinks Dong-Chouel and his friends are done with the pizza so he visits him for company. It turns out that Dong-Chouel has pizza in his hand. Dong-Chouel invites Amhed in and he sees everyone eating pizza. Soon, it is time to take pictures of everyone eating pizza. Eui hands a slice of pizza to Amhed and he accidentally devours some of the slice, shocking his friends and Swoople. As he walks home, Amhed imagines Aaban, Swoople and Amhed's Grandmother have found out he ate on Ramadan, which is represented by little angels in the sky. he goes disappointingly until he finds his grandmother eating a sandwich in the kitchen, which surprises Amhed. his grandmother explains that there are certain exceptions to the rule for fasting (like you should not fast if it endangers your health in any way). Amhed's grandmother also deduces that Amhed must have eaten some pizza at Dong-Chouel's party after seeing a mushroom stuck to the front of his shirt.

Amhed is still disappointed in herself about what happened, but his grandmother assures him that it is no big deal — though certainly proud of her grandson for trying, she explains that you are not required to fast until after you turn 13 (meaning that Amhed was technically too young to be doing it in the first place). Amhed then sees Aaban in the kitchen, initially thinking he is eating something, but it turns out that he is making mooncake for the holiday. While Amhed initially expects Aaban to give his grief for not being able to fast, Aaban (like their grandmother) assures Amhed that it is not a big deal — in fact, Aaban reveals that he himself did not make it through her first fast after he had turned 13.

In the end, Amhed and his family go to the Busan Al-Fatah Mosque, Amhed wonders where is Dong-Chouel, Fortunately, Samchon takes Dong-Chouel, Swoople, Young-Chouel and Lee Choi to the mosque for Ramadan, The next day, the family ends up having pizza for dinner. Amhed's grandmother, like in the scene where he accuses Amhed of failing to fast in the cloud like an angel, says their grandfather would be so proud of Amhed and Aaban before the end of the episode.

## Trivia

* The pizza Amhed had seems to have sausage on it. Mixing dairy products (cheese) and meat is not considered Haram

* While Muslims like Amhed fast during the day (sunrise till sundown), every day, during the month of Ramadan, Jews like, Levi, Dong-Chouel's pen pal from Israel fasts for a whole day, (sundown till sundown)
* This episode was banned in the early 2000s due to islamophobia. However, the episode is available on iTunes and Boomerang,
* Many muslims sent complaints to Warner Bros for Islamophobia
* Pizza Eui is voiced by Joan Gerber
* Amhed's grandmother is voiced by Whoopi Goldberg
* The music track used when Amhed imagines Aaban, Swoople and Amhed's Grandmother have found out he ate on Ramadan, which is represented by little angels in the sky is acutally from Yogi's Treasure Hunt
* Near the end of the episode, Swoople is shown celebrating Easter on Ramadan