Explanation about Ramadan

[crystalhunting]

Perhaps this may be elightening.



Compliments of CH





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Reader agrees with 'Moveable Feast'


Explanation of Ramadan

November 11, 2002

Dear Editor,

Happy Ramadan.

What is Ramadan? Is this a person? Well, the answer is definitely a big no. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar corresponding this year to Nov. 6, 2002. So, it already started. The Month of Ramadan is when the Holy Quran was revealed. The arrival of Ramadan is confirmed by sighting the new Crescent. It can be confirmed when it is seen by only one righteous person or by the passage of 30 days in the immediately preceding month of Sha`ban(the 8th month).

It is during this month that Muslims fast. "O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint" Qur'an 2:183." Fasting generally means, to abstain from something. In the month of Ramdan, Muslims abstain from food, drink and sexual intercourse from dawn until sunset with the explicit intention of doing so (for the sake of Allah). It lasts the entire month of Ramadan. Ramadan is a time when Muslims concentrate on their faith and spend less time on the concerns of their everyday lives. It is a time of worship and contemplation. It is a 30-day training period to perfect ourselves and be a better person.

During Ramadan, it is common for Muslims to go to the Masjid (Mosque) and spend several hours praying and studying the Quran. In addition to the five daily prayers during Ramadan, Muslims recite a special prayer called the Taraweeh prayer (Night Prayer). The length of this prayer is usually 2-3 times as long as the daily prayers. When we arrive to the last 10 days of Ramadan and especially on the evening of the 27th day of the month, Muslims watch for Laylat-al-Qadr (the Night of Power). It is on this night that prophet Muhammad (PBUH) first received the revelation of the Holy Quran.

Allah (God) says in the Qur'an in Surah Al-Qadr:

"We have indeed revealed this (message) in the Night of Power. And what will make you know what the Night of Power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. Therein come down the angels and the spirit by God's permission. All that night, there is peace until the appearance of Dawn." (97:1-5). The Muslim believes that the Night of Power is a night of blessings. Therefore, whosoever is interested in receiving the blessings of Allah(God in Arabic) may look forward to the Night of Power and increase his/her supplications and prayers.

Finally, when the fast ends (the first day of the month of Shawwal) it is celebrated for three days in a holiday called Id-al-Fitr (the Feast of Fast Breaking). Friends and family gather to pray in congregation, gifts are exchanged, and for large meals. In some cities, fairs are held to celebrate the end of the Fast of Ramadan. I hope that you know now a little better about the month of Ramadan. This year Ramadan will end on Dec. 5. Until then, a billion of Muslims are fasting around the world.




Hayssam Rezeik

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[Lancecastor]

It's A Chain of Moderately Priced Hotels. Thank you.

 

[Azwed]

Most of the muslim students at my campus have a evening meal in my building during Ramadan. They bring all their own food and bring a bunch of tables together in the food court of my building. They clean up their mess and put everything back where they got it. They are the nicest most considerate group that ever uses the food court as a meeting area. Most people leave trash every wheer and never put anything back.

We also leave one of the green rooms open in my building so that people can pray during the day. Right after 9/11 we had a lot of problems with muslims praying around campus. They used to pray outside on a couple of the large fields around campus but some people shouted insults and threw sticks, rocks, trash and other things at them so they tried to find more private places to pray.

 

[Cheyenne]

*bump to show some are interested and not obnoxious to religions we may not be familiar with*

 

[sexy-girl]

i only know a little about ramadan i worked for someone a sort while who was muslim but not exactly a practicing one however he did celebrate ramadan if thats the right phrase to use

i know it can be pretty hard especially depending on when it falls on ... long days mean getting up very early and going the whole day without drinking eating or smoking (this guy smoked and thats what he found hardest)


he did say he did really enjoy it though which was cool even though he wasn't what you would call devout

 

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[QuickDuck]

*bump to show some are interested and not obnoxious to religions we may not be familiar with*

/agree

Living in a pretty multicultural area, I already knew a little bit about it.... now i know a little bit more

 

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[Spinaroonie]

Ramadan... more like Rama-bizznomb. Ramadan is most ass kicking hollidizzay around. Me and me crew get blizznitzed- after sunset of course.

WERD!!!!!!

 

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[Myrrdin]

It's the moveable feast bit ,that confuses me. Why do the dates change every year? And why do Moslems eat more mutton then?

Just asking because I like to try and sell as many old ewes as possible during Ramadam, while the prices are a bit higher.

Although I try not to worry about the dispensation Halal butchers get, to slaughter their animals by cutting their throat without pre-stunning them first.

 

[Azwed]

I know the reason that the month changes is because Ramadan is based on a different calender then ours is.

Maybe mutton is something like a traditional food for ramadan feasts kind of like how turkey is a traditional food for thanksgiving.

 

[Lost Cause]

How P.C.....

The only thing I care about Islam is if it's true that they believe that either they convert you, or kill you. I read that their version of tolerance of other religions in their dominated culture, is the others must step off the sidewalk if they are walking on it. I don't care whether they want me dead or not, I just need to know if I have to buy more ammo.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Re: How P.C.....

The only thing I care about Islam is if it's true that they believe that either they convert you, or kill you. I read that their version of tolerance of other religions in their dominated culture, is the others must step off the sidewalk if they are walking on it. I don't care whether they want me dead or not, I just need to know if I have to buy more ammo.

Is it expensive to get a subscription to "Racist redneck monthly", because I don't know where else you're reading that crap.

 

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[Lancecastor]

The Ramada Buffet Feast Starts Today! Only $29.95! Kids & Seniors $14.95!!

 

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[Cheyenne]

So, Lance. What exactly did CH say that was so insulting to you that you had to return the insult on his thread? You don't attack first, right? Only defend yourself against those who attack you...
Or are your pictures and smart ass cracks here not meant to be insulting somehow?

I must have missied CH's attack on you. All I see is a man struggling to be understood in a fairly hostile environment.

 

[Azwed]

Perhaps Lance is confused and thinks CH is an outspoken strong woman. I mean he obviously has issues with woman so maybe that is why he is acting that way.

 

[Lost Cause]

Worse is living within the lie....

A listing of relevant verses: Islam warms against mixing with non﷓Muslims 9 different verses from 2:21 to- 60:4. Islam calls on Muslims to wage war against non﷓Muslims in 36 different verses from 2:191 to 69:30﷓37. Islam encourages war against the non﷓Muslims by glorifying it 2:216, 9:41, 49:15, or by promising lust in paradise to the Shaheeds who die in such a war 3:142,3:157﷓158,9:20﷓﷓21. Some examples: AO ye who believe! Murder those of the disbelievers .... and let them find harshness in you. [Koran, "Repentance" (chapter 9): 123] Humiliate the non﷓Muslims to such an extent that they surrender and pay tribute. [Koran, Repentance: 29] O believers, do not treat your fathers and brothers as your friends, if they prefer unbelief to belief, whosoever of you takes them for friends, they are evildoers. [Koran, Repentance: 20] Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends.... whoso does that belongs not to God. [Koran, The House of Imram: 60] As hundreds of thousands of Iranians found out when Ayatollah Khomeni took over, any non Muslim who is not a Jew or a Christian is to be immediately executed if they do not convert on the spot to Islam.

Jews and Christians are allowed to keep their religion as second class slaves with no civil rights and extra taxes not paid by Moslems in Iran. A non﷓Muslim's testimony is not acceptable or even allowed in court against Muslims or even against other non﷓Muslims. Non﷓Muslims do not have the right to assume leading jobs in the state. A Muslim's life is spared even if he kills a Christian intentionally while a Muslim may only be required to die if he kills another Muslim. The reason, as Muhammad said is that "only Muslims' blood is regarded equal." Thus, no Muslim should be killed for murdering a non﷓Muslim. On the other hand, if a non﷓Muslim merely curses a Muslim, he must either be sentenced to death or be converted to Islam! However, if a Muslim murders a non﷓Muslim, he will only pay a fine.

"All Muslims Jurists agree that a judge should be a Muslim and it is forbidden for a non﷓Muslim to be a judge according to the Koranic verse: "There is no authority of the infidels over the Muslims not have the right to propagate their religion in Muslim lands." It is apparent to everyone, therefore, that the position of a judge is prohibited for a non﷓Muslim or a woman because Muhammad said plainly, "May God curse the people who appoint a woman to govern them".....[there might be some veracity in that one]... A well known saying of Muhammad is: "Do not meet Jews or Christians with greetings. If you ever meet them in the street, force them to the narrowest part of it".

This sentiment is also backed up in the Koran: "They [the Children of Israel] were consigned to humiliation and wretchedness. They brought the wrath of God upon themselves, and this because they used to deny God's signs and kill His Prophets unjustly and because they disobeyed and were transgressors" (Sura 2:61). According to the Koran, the Jews try to introduce corruption (5:64), have always been disobedient (5:78), and are enemies of Allah, the Prophet and the angels (2:9798). Here are some of the claims that Islam makes against Christians. Some Christians will steal if imparted with money (3:75). Most Christians are wicked in their lifestyles (3:110; 5:59, 66;57:27). Christians have a great hatred for Muslims in their hearts which they deceitfully hide (3:118,119). Christians rejoice when disaster befalls Muslims. They also act toward Muslims with guile (3:120).

Christians compete with one another to make illicit profits (5:62). Christian priests don't forbid their people's sins and instead commit them themselves (5:63). Christian monks devour wealth want only and bar people's way to the truth (9:34). Christians display pride, enmity and hatred in their factionalism among themselves (5:14; 30:32). No wonder there is dancing in the streets of Nablus, Palestine and everywhere in the Muslim world after the horror of 9-11.

If you have a "friend" who says he is a good Moslem, he's also lying. No good Moslem could be a real friend unless he can convert you to Islam. If he can't convert you, then anything, lying, cheating and killing is permissible to him to bring you and yours under Islamic domination. The men who perpetrated this horrible crime of 9-11 are the real face of Islam. War with Islam is unavoidable, actually it inevitable because it's totally incompatible with the Biblical basis of our Western Civilization They must conquer us or be conquered by our values and beliefs.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Hay lc

wanna come to a ramadan party, d00d? :Cool:

 

[Azwed]

Just about everything you said LC can also be said about Christianity. The religion evolves over time. Islam has not had as much time to evolve and has spent most of its time in countries without open and free discourse which hampers change.