Ramadan Kareem

[BimboBob]

We are to make peace with those who have wronged us

So...no roadside bombs,kidknappings and other malarkey for a month?

 

[coleridge]

Salaam Ajay

Best wishes for the holy month ahead.

Love and peace to Fellow Citizens.

 

[coleridge]

We are to make peace with those who have wronged us

So...no roadside bombs,kidknappings and other malarkey for a month?

Probably just more of the same, driving your taxis, making your curry, running your hospitals and, oh, I nearly forgot, funding your football club. Shouldn't you be in Edinburgh collecting your Perrier Award?

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

So...no roadside bombs,kidknappings and other malarkey for a month?

Probably just more of the same, driving your taxis, making your curry, running your hospitals and, oh, I nearly forgot, funding your football club. Shouldn't you be in Edinburgh collecting your Perrier Award?

That was a little timid, i'd of just gone for you thick cu*t.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

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During Ramadan, every part of the body must be restrained:

The tongue must be restrained from backbiting and gossip.
The eyes must restrain themselves from looking at unlawful things.
The ears must refrain from listening to idle talk or obscene words.

There's Bluemoon out of the window for you!
Ramadan Kareem

What about that bit - the feet must refrain from going to sinful places.

How is this squared with Muslims trotting down to OT during Ramadan?

 

[ussy]

We are to make peace with those who have wronged us

So...no roadside bombs,kidknappings and other malarkey for a month?

how disrespectful to all muslims, you should be ashamed of yourself. This is a holy time for muslims, and you would just rather take piss out of it.

 

[BimboBob]

So...no roadside bombs,kidknappings and other malarkey for a month?

how disrespectful to all muslims, you should be ashamed of yourself. This is a holy time for muslims, and you would just rather take piss out of it.

Didn't think i was taking the piss...just highlighting all that is wrong with organised religion.I respect ALL faiths,it doesn't matter to me who follows who.What does bother me is all the hypocrisy that every religion has.Love and peace to all men seems to go out of the window.If all Muslins followed Mohammed's teachings like the little quote above,and all Christians,Jews etc did the same what a lovely world we would live in.

Not going to happen though is it.Which is very depressing.

 

[ussy]

how disrespectful to all muslims, you should be ashamed of yourself. This is a holy time for muslims, and you would just rather take piss out of it.

Didn't think i was taking the piss...just highlighting all that is wrong with organised religion.I respect ALL faiths,it doesn't matter to me who follows who.What does bother me is all the hypocrisy that every religion has.Love and peace to all men seems to go out of the window.If all Muslins followed Mohammed's teachings like the little quote above,and all Christians,Jews etc did the same what a lovely world we would live in.

Not going to happen though is it.Which is very depressing.

fair point, but you saying

"So...no roadside bombs,kidknappings and other malarkey for a month?"
how is that not disrespectful towards muslims??? Id like a muslim fan on bluemoon to come forward and answer if he finds that disrespectful or not, because you were blatantly taking the piss

 

[fbloke]

I think we all need to respect the views and beliefs of those who do so for others.

I dont think there is a devout Muslim, Christian or Jew who would harm others deliberately at any time of the year.

I for one think that we can differentiate between those who are Muslim and those who 'claim to be Muslim' whilst not practicing according to the Quran or indeed the Bible or Talmud or the teachings of their own prophet.

Thank you for your kind words and blessing and may you have gain every good fortune you deserve.

May you, your family, loved ones and friends all prosper in the year ahead.

Oh and by the way I am an atheist.

 

[BlueSpice]

Just wanted to wish all our Muslim fans Ramadan Kareem and at the same time wish all our non-Muslim fans understand what Ramadan is and hope they join us in appreciating this the Holiest month in Islam:

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Every day during this month, Muslims around the world spend the daylight hours in a complete fast.

During the blessed month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during the daylight hours. As a time to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice self-sacrifice, Ramadan is much more than just not eating and drinking.

Muslims are called upon to use this month to re-evaluate their lives in light of Islamic guidance. We are to make peace with those who have wronged us, strengthen ties with family and friends, do away with bad habits -- essentially to clean up our lives, our thoughts, and our feelings.

The Arabic word for "fasting" (sawm) literally means "to refrain" - and it means not only refraining from food and drink, but from evil actions, thoughts, and words.

During Ramadan, every part of the body must be restrained:

The tongue must be restrained from backbiting and gossip.
The eyes must restrain themselves from looking at unlawful things.
The hand must not touch or take anything that does not belong to it.
The ears must refrain from listening to idle talk or obscene words.
The feet must refrain from going to sinful places.

In such a way, every part of the body observes the fast.

Ramadan is a time to practice self-restraint; a time to cleanse the body and soul from impurities and re-focus one's self on the worship of God.

In the Quran, God proclaims that "fasting has been written down (as obligatory) upon you, as it was upon those before you", by many this has been regarded as a reference to the Jewish practice of fasting on Yom Kippur.

Laylat al-Qadr, considered the most holy night of the year, is the night in which the Quran was started to be revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH - Peace be Upon him), the "Night of the Power". Muslims believe it to have occurred on an odd-numbered night during the last 10 days of Ramaḍan.

Every day during the month of Ramadan, Muslims around the world get up before dawn to eat Sahur, the pre-dawn meal, then they perform the Fajr prayer (the first prayer of the day).

They have to stop eating and drinking before the call for prayer starts until the fourth prayer of the day, Maghrib (currently around 6:50pm in the UAE). Muslims may continue to eat and drink after the sun has set until the next morning's Fajr prayer call. Then the process starts all over for 29 or 30 days.

The Islamic holiday of Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of the fasting period of Ramadan and the first day of the following month, after another new moon has been sighted. The Eid falls after 29 or 30 days of fasting, per the lunar sighting. Eid ul-Fitr means the Festival of Breaking the Fast; a special celebration is made. Food is donated to the poor (‘Zakat al-Fitr’), everyone puts on their best, usually new, clothes, and communal prayers are held in the early morning, followed by feasting and visiting relatives and friends.

So there you are, I started Ramadan yesterday and had the pleasure of breaking my fast while watching the game.

So to you all, Muslim and Non-Muslim - I wish you Ramadan Kareem.

Ramadan Kareem to you too. And I think it was really nice you posting that.
I'd like to think I respect all religions and people, and though I knew about Ramadan, I confess I didn't know much about it, so thank you for sharing. :)