... this is very interesting, how many muslims read 5times a day?? yet people don't react as passionatley about this being haram as they do about drinking! Amazing!!
I couldnt agree with you more.
Namaz is perhaps the only form of worship for a muslim which does not have an alternate. As a muslim, you have to pray 5 times a day, whether you are sick, travelling, on your death bed, healthy, rich or poor. All other forms of worship have a 'way out' if you want to call it that, in the form of kaffara or fidya, or tauba.
People jump out of their seats if they see someone eating during ramadan, or drinking, yet they dont have a problem with people backbiting, or missing namaz.