Thus begins the Islamic month of fasting. It started at sunset today and will end the 9th of September (AKA the strongest day). Like last year, I've decided to participate in this despite not actually being a confirmed Muslim yet.
Pretty much, all you're required to do is not eat or drink or have sexual activity at all during sunlight. You are also expected to pay more attention to Muslim virtues and read the Koran, if you're not lazy. At the end, there's a big feast where you gain back all the weight you lost during the month (I lost 15 lbs last year) and have a fun time partying.
Who's all doing this?
btw, this pic will describe how I'll be feeling during the day.
SHE'S MELTING. SOMEONE GET LETTY.
On topic, I've always wanted to do this, but I don't think I'd be able to pull it off. With my eating patterns, I usually go down to the kitchen every 45~150 minutes for a small snack, so the urge to just go downstairs every so often would be too much.
At 8/11/10 02:41 AM, Obvious-M wrote: Why do you participate? For personal gain?
To lose weight, and go to Muslim heaven (just in case).
But nah, I'm a bit of a Persophile, so I figure, why not? My dad has a problem with me doing this though, cause he's a redneck but I'm like "lolstfu".
My mom likes cooking food and dangling it in front of me. Not fun. :(
At 8/11/10 02:43 AM, RobotTaco wrote:At 8/11/10 02:41 AM, Obvious-M wrote: Why do you participate? For personal gain?To lose weight, and go to Muslim heaven (just in case).
Actualy, most of the Muslims I know, gain weight during Ramadan. Mainly for two reasons. 1] their metabolism slows down. 2] They pig out at Ifta and eat massive banquets.
Where I live, all restaurants cater for large scale iftar banquets. Ramadan has become s thing of indulgence, it's sickening. Also, it's enforced by law.
I'm no longer allowed to eat or drink in public during daylight hours. For example, i'm not allowed to have a drink of water in my car or chew chewing gum. The prohibition of water is particularly illogical given that this city is located amongst the desert with temperatures frequently hitting 50 Celsius or 138 Fahrenheit.
If you want to lose weight, exercise.
nobody goes there anymore. its too popular.
Why the fuck would you participate in some stupid ass fasting its pointless. islam is nothing but a barbaric religion thats stuck in the 14th century.
At 8/11/10 03:30 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: Why the fuck would you participate in some stupid ass fasting its pointless. islam is nothing but a barbaric religion thats stuck in the 14th century.
Dohohoho, someone's ridden the nationalism and xenophobia train too long.
Why would I participate? Cultural understanding.
At 8/11/10 03:33 AM, RobotTaco wrote:At 8/11/10 03:30 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: Why the fuck would you participate in some stupid ass fasting its pointless. islam is nothing but a barbaric religion thats stuck in the 14th century.Dohohoho, someone's ridden the nationalism and xenophobia train too long.
not really, have you seen the corruption and abuses in middle eastern countries there horrible, woman geting stoned to death because they were Raped or showed there ankles or wearing Western Clothing, most of all not catching up to 21st centuries Human rights like stoning and hanging homosexuals and.
Why would I participate? Cultural understanding.
seems like a waste of time.
At 8/11/10 03:37 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: not really, have you seen the corruption and abuses in middle eastern countries there horrible, woman geting stoned to death because they were Raped or showed there ankles or wearing Western Clothing, most of all not catching up to 21st centuries Human rights like stoning and hanging homosexuals and.
>mfw he thinks all Muslim countries are in the Middle East.
They're making advances, you know. Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE are all quite civilized. Why, I think I'd take a trip down there if I had the money.
seems like a waste of time.
Dohohohohoho, I wish I could be a brain-washed my-country-right-or-wrong-type.
At 8/11/10 03:37 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: not really, have you seen the corruption and abuses in middle eastern countries there horrible, woman geting stoned to death because they were Raped or showed there ankles or wearing Western Clothing, most of all not catching up to 21st centuries Human rights like stoning and hanging homosexuals and.
I wouldn't count those countries as Islamic, or at least, what they're doing is definitely not Islam.
I'd also like to say that human rights *are* defined in Islam, and they do correspond with that the UN has stated, except Islam has defined that thousands of years ago. Except most of these countries don't actually follow it properly.
have you seen the corruption and abuses in middle eastern countries there horrible, woman geting stoned to death because they were Raped or showed there ankles or wearing Western Clothing, most of all not catching up to 21st centuries Human rights like stoning and hanging homosexuals? in Iran they Persecute the Bahai. many other countries there don't give the Right To Assembly or Freedom of Speech.
At 8/11/10 03:52 AM, RobotTaco wrote:At 8/11/10 03:49 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote:You just copy-pasted what you just wrote.
yeah I did I stopped mid sentence I didn't finish what I wanted to say I just type, some times I type something down then I think of something else to go along with it and forget what I was previously typing its a bad habit.
At 8/11/10 03:41 AM, RobotTaco wrote:At 8/11/10 03:37 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: not really, have you seen the corruption and abuses in middle eastern countries there horrible, woman geting stoned to death because they were Raped or showed there ankles or wearing Western Clothing, most of all not catching up to 21st centuries Human rights like stoning and hanging homosexuals and.>mfw he thinks all Muslim countries are in the Middle East.
They're making advances, you know. Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE are all quite civilized. Why, I think I'd take a trip down there if I had the money.
Let me stop you there. I live in the UAE. It's not civilised. If I were to be openly homosexual, i'd be in jail. Meanwhile the locals throw kittens out of windows to entertain themselves and cats are trapped in boxes and left to cook in the desert sun.
nobody goes there anymore. its too popular.
take it from watershake, he's gay and he has to be all hush about it or he gets arrested and and middle eastern jails aren't the best in the world.
At 8/11/10 04:02 AM, WaterShake wrote: Let me stop you there. I live in the UAE. It's not civilised. If I were to be openly homosexual, i'd be in jail. Meanwhile the locals throw kittens out of windows to entertain themselves and cats are trapped in boxes and left to cook in the desert sun.
Egypt then.
At 8/11/10 03:30 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: Why the fuck would you participate in some stupid ass fasting its pointless. islam is nothing but a barbaric religion thats stuck in the 14th century.
And why the fuck would you participate in worshiping a sun which is in Egyptian mythology?
Freemasonry is nothing but a satanic belief waiting for the Antichrist and strengthen up for the NWO.
Emphasis are great!
At 8/11/10 04:34 AM, assassin1337 wrote: Freemasonry is nothing but a satanic belief waiting for the Antichrist and strengthen up for the NWO.
you believe that shit? my god not another conspiracy theorist.
At 8/11/10 03:49 AM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: have you seen the corruption and abuses in middle eastern countries there horrible, woman geting stoned to death because they were Raped or showed there ankles or wearing Western Clothing, most of all not catching up to 21st centuries Human rights like stoning and hanging homosexuals? in Iran they Persecute the Bahai. many other countries there don't give the Right To Assembly or Freedom of Speech.
According to NationMaster,the lowest countries with crime are Arabic/Muslim countries.
Emphasis are great!
I always tend to go come in do middle east on Ramadan.
Last time was Saudi Arabia and this time I'm in Dubai.
At 8/11/10 04:45 AM, assassin1337 wrote: According to NationMaster,the lowest countries with crime are Arabic/Muslim countries.
yeah because the punishments are so strict you don't want to do it, hell they give the death penalty for the smallest shit.
I wouldn't do ramadan, though. Nah, I even don't partake in the fasting before Easter.
My brother, when he was young and in elementary school had a classmate who was Muslim and she had a show 'n tell kind of thing were she introduced the class to the concept of ramadan. At the end, she brought stuff of the feast in the evening at the end, and apparently they have a whole bunch of tasty stuff they engorge on as a celebration at the end.
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