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On August 15 2010 00:24 Chunkybuddha wrote:This thread made me read lots of basic things about Muslims, and I didn't think I was so ignorant. Zakah is a wonderful concept. To purify and grow as a population rather than individual efforts is very important. Clearly some Muslims are much more hard-core than others; I am holding july's national geographic showing a picture of a shiite man and the caption reads: a shiite man in Lahore whips himself with blades in a ritual that simbolizes the suffering of Muhammad's grandson Husayn. NSFW bloody pics of these shiite man whipping themselves. They do it to express their collective guilt; when Husayn was suffering, they never came to his aid. + Show Spoiler +Is the main difference between Shia and Sunni political?
Wow, some of those guys look like they are going to bleed out.
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On August 15 2010 00:50 muse5187 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2010 00:24 Chunkybuddha wrote:This thread made me read lots of basic things about Muslims, and I didn't think I was so ignorant. Zakah is a wonderful concept. To purify and grow as a population rather than individual efforts is very important. Clearly some Muslims are much more hard-core than others; I am holding july's national geographic showing a picture of a shiite man and the caption reads: a shiite man in Lahore whips himself with blades in a ritual that simbolizes the suffering of Muhammad's grandson Husayn. NSFW bloody pics of these shiite man whipping themselves. They do it to express their collective guilt; when Husayn was suffering, they never came to his aid. + Show Spoiler +Is the main difference between Shia and Sunni political? Wow, some of those guys look like they are going to bleed out.
I know, isn't it incredible. Even the locals which see it happen every year look horrified, some even look like they are going to pass out x.x I don't see any Christians showing this much remorse ever, but let's not get into that ^^ heehee
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I'm against religious rituals which actually hurt people.
I had to starve for 28 hours for something medical related and it was hell.
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Fasting is hardly any worse than some of the crap diets and lack of exercise that many gamers have. Those cans of coke you drink on a regular basis and lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in your diet are probably a lot worse for you than fasting could ever be. Given how many boxers and other athletes take part in Ramadan and can still perform at the top level I'd say it can't be that bad for your health, obviously it's not ideal but who the hell is reading this and has the ideal diet and exercise regime anyway?
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I am a muslim. I am currently in Greenland. It is kinda hard to do the ramadan because the sun never goes down in the summer. Not eating while the sun is up = never eating
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United States43959 Posts
On August 15 2010 01:02 Chunkybuddha wrote:Show nested quote +On August 15 2010 00:50 muse5187 wrote:On August 15 2010 00:24 Chunkybuddha wrote:This thread made me read lots of basic things about Muslims, and I didn't think I was so ignorant. Zakah is a wonderful concept. To purify and grow as a population rather than individual efforts is very important. Clearly some Muslims are much more hard-core than others; I am holding july's national geographic showing a picture of a shiite man and the caption reads: a shiite man in Lahore whips himself with blades in a ritual that simbolizes the suffering of Muhammad's grandson Husayn. NSFW bloody pics of these shiite man whipping themselves. They do it to express their collective guilt; when Husayn was suffering, they never came to his aid. + Show Spoiler +Is the main difference between Shia and Sunni political? Wow, some of those guys look like they are going to bleed out. I know, isn't it incredible. Even the locals which see it happen every year look horrified, some even look like they are going to pass out x.x I don't see any Christians showing this much remorse ever, but let's not get into that ^^ heehee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellant
It's actually a fairly common religious practice all around the world.
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So I guess qouting the koran offended the admins after all.
I am not a bad person, I am just very non-religous and prefer facts.
But I will keep my mouth shut...
Have fun with your ramadan and don't get too carried away.
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shia are a sect that the majority of muslim dont agree wit particularly their self harm !
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On August 12 2010 02:05 Coagulation wrote:
if you REALLY Wanted to show your respect for god you would stop breathing air.
now thats devotion.
Don't know what to say to this....
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I hope everyone has a good Ramadan and Eid Mubarak to all.
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Bump: Ramadan is upon us once again (well for my family and relatives). Just wanted to thread to come back up instead of making a new one to discuss the new month of fasting. How's the fast going? These fasts are longer due to it being summer here on the east coast...anyways, can't wait for Eid!!!
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I actually participated today accidently! Feels bad man!
Hope you guys have a good month and dont do the mistake all the people in my last class did (they were about 50% muslims, I live in a very multicultured area) and just eat a lot of fat and easy to make food when the sun sets!
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I get very hungry and thirsty. In the UK we have a 5 hour window to eat from 9 till 2 and 2 and a half hours of that is praying.
Hopefully I will get through this in one piece
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