Ramadan is the spiritual leveller. For Muslims, there’s no other time like it; it’s the month of deprivation on multiple levels – food, drink, bad habits, behaviours and thoughts – all in the pursuit of glorifying and getting closer to God. But not everyone is fasting for this reason. These are non-Muslims who have committed to participating in Ramadan, not necessarily to know Allah better, but to exercise discipline, commitment and wilful relinquishing of our base desires. Another driver has been Israel’s brutal onslaught on Palestinian lives in Gaza. Many are witnessing the strength, resilie…