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Cardinal Synn · Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 586

Er no. Nothing like Christmas. Christmas lasts for a day if that but for ramadan, the fasting lasts for around a month culminating in Idul Fitri which you could, at a pinch, compare to Christmas day, kind of though not really

Sekhmet · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 329 Location: Alexandria, Egypt

Yeah, Eid is probably the closest that Muslims come to Christmas. People go to their neighbours, give cookies and money, buy new clothes, go have a communal prayer in the street (incidentally, the only time in the year that men and women can pray together...), stay up until dawn, and have some time off work.
Eid is slightly different from Christmas though, since it is supposed to last for a minimum of 2 days (sometimes as many as 4!!!). Plus, thankfully, Eid isn't anywhere near as commercialised as Christmas...
But Ramadan?? The time when most Muslims spend half the day praying?? As unbelieveable as it sounds, most of my Muslim friends really do see Ramadan as a chance to get closer to God, and spend quality time with their families. It's amazing how quiet the streets go at Iftar time - you just can't get a taxi!!! And for the poor needy people, the free street food at Iftar must be a real blessing...

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Chris_Crossley · Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2004 2:15 pm Post subject: Turkey sandwiches

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Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Cardinal Synn · Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 586

And that has caused more damage than Bush?
Get real!!
Don't be a knobber!!

Let's take Afghanistan - Biggest producer of HEROIN in the world - occupied by the US. Oh yes Bush is really helping us on the drugs front.
Sort it out pal!

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

My my, you take this internet thing very seriously. I can just imagine...

Customer: Big Mac n fries, mate.
Cardinal: George Bush and Fellujia!!!!!!

Despite this, you're probably right. I could argue that those Madrid commuters were just going to work when those Moroccan drug-financed bombs blew them to pieces, but I won't because you're right, so right about everything.

If in doubt, just say the words: Fellujia and George Bush.

Cardinal Synn · Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 586

Not really serious mate Wink

, just gets my goat coz there are a lot more things to rant about than morocco's hash export.
Anyway, if I was serious, I'd have learned how to spell Fellujia as you did.
I couldn't really give a toss about any of it, but I like a good argument! Twisted Evil

Weirdly enough, I was in a hotel just behind Atocha Station in Madrid when the bombs went off. I'm not joking. A lot of the craziest sh#t (police shooting people with rubber bullets, bombs in the Basque Country and full on riots)I've seen seems to have been in Spain for some reason.

Maybe they should all get stoned Laughing

biffinbridge · Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 701 Location: Frank's Wild Years

The reason you ran out booze on your first Ramadan was because me and Bing were round every night.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

nawlinsgurl · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:35 am Post subject:

One of the funniest posts by far! Laughing

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

Is it that time again? Surely can't be too many eating days till rammers? How will you all be celebrating? Will you be a secret sausage eater perhaps? Anyway, like most of us I tried ramadam last year. A piece of cake it was, but the judge still fined me 400 grouts. This year, I feel like an amputee (nearly was after the cake incident) scratching at a missing limb. So, my question is:

How do I recreate Ramadam in my Birmingham bedsit?