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  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #30 - June 16, 2015, 11:56 PM
    In spite of the earlier negativity I poured on the thread the one consolation I must admit to enjoying is the possible recruitment from the recently flourishing sect of ex muslims which I fondly now know as Haramadanians. If there are any Haramadians reading this thread please take a bow, you make my Ramadans worth while.  Afro
  • Re: Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #31 - June 17, 2015, 12:00 AM
    Quote from: lua on June 16, 2015, 10:00 PM
    We have to make that up later.

    Who will keep track of that Huh? Also fasting can be done during winter easily in northern part of the world.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #32 - June 17, 2015, 12:07 AM
    or you can do this....

    Fasting person to a non fasting female who is eating

    - Why are you eating during Ramadan?

    To which the female non fasting person answers

    - Its impolite to ask such questions of a lady during Ramadan. Shame on you!
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #33 - June 17, 2015, 12:11 AM
    We always had to pretend to be fasting during Ramadhan, even if we could not. I never did see a Muslim lady eating during the fasting month. Except for one ex Muslim lady who was pretending to be Muslim.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #34 - June 17, 2015, 01:02 AM
    I always pretended to fast in front of my dad and bro just because it's really awkward not to get up at Sahoor and have the
     ask me why I didn't eat. It's practically an announcement.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #35 - June 17, 2015, 01:34 AM
    I don't understand why there is so much shame associated with what is fundamentally a bodily process. It's not like an announcement that you're having sex; if anything it says you haven't, because you're not pregnant. So I don't see why it's got the same amount of shame associated with it as like having a wet dream or something.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I have a sonic screwdriver, a tricorder, and a Type 2 phaser.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #36 - June 17, 2015, 07:30 AM
    Quote from: Roberto40 on June 16, 2015, 06:47 PM
    Question to agnostic and atheist muslims, will you be fasting in ramadan? Smiley


    I'm an atheist and I will be fasting.
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #37 - June 17, 2015, 10:06 AM
    Quote from: galfromusa on June 17, 2015, 01:34 AM
    I don't understand why there is so much shame associated with what is fundamentally a bodily process. It's not like an announcement that you're having sex; if anything it says you haven't, because you're not pregnant. So I don't see why it's got the same amount of shame associated with it as like having a wet dream or something.

    I totally agree, I just tend to like to keep my business to myself because that's who I am. If you want to make an announcement then you're more than welcome.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #38 - June 17, 2015, 07:54 PM
    In all honesty, I'll be happy when I'm far enough from Islam that I won't even be aware that it's ramadan or eid
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #39 - June 17, 2015, 09:06 PM
    Surely anyone not doing it to Mecca time is being innovative and therefore it is haram?  I mean precisely Mecca time, with the time change!
    When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.


    A.A. Milne,

    "We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #40 - June 17, 2015, 11:23 PM
    I don't think anything specifies Mecca time. This is something scholars have said for those living in countries where sunrise/sunset is just not workable. Some say Mecca time, others say the times of the nearest islamic country.
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #41 - June 17, 2015, 11:31 PM
    Quote from: galfromusa on June 17, 2015, 01:34 AM
    I don't understand why there is so much shame associated with what is fundamentally a bodily process. It's not like an announcement that you're having sex; if anything it says you haven't, because you're not pregnant. So I don't see why it's got the same amount of shame associated with it as like having a wet dream or something.


    Wet dreams are a bodily process, too. So shaming either is ridiculous.
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #42 - June 17, 2015, 11:36 PM
    I had my last pizza today  Cry Cry Cry
    I probably won't have any the entire month. I wish it would just start already so I can get it over with.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #43 - June 17, 2015, 11:41 PM
    I tried fasting late last year. I ate on the 19th December and didn't eat again until Christmas dinner with the family. Four and a half-five days without eating anything, never fasted before in my life. I didn't feel anything spiritual, I didn't feel cleansed, I didn't enter a state of euphoria, I just felt hungry. Tried it again a month and a half ago, after a few days it felt like my gums were going to start bleeding.
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #44 - June 17, 2015, 11:43 PM
    Quote from: three on June 17, 2015, 11:31 PM
    Wet dreams are a bodily process, too. So shaming either is ridiculous.


    They're not voluntary, but they're not entirely inevitable either.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I have a sonic screwdriver, a tricorder, and a Type 2 phaser.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #45 - June 17, 2015, 11:44 PM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on June 17, 2015, 11:41 PM
    I tried fasting late last year. I ate on the 19th December and didn't eat again until Christmas dinner with the family. Four and a half-five days without eating anything, never fasted before in my life. I didn't feel anything spiritual, I didn't feel cleansed, I didn't enter a state of euphoria, I just felt hungry. Tried it again a month and a half ago, after a few days it felt like my gums were going to start bleeding.

    Straight up water fast?
    I am not able to do that. I pass out very easily if my caloric intake isn't above 300 by lunchtime.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #46 - June 18, 2015, 12:00 AM
    I've done prolonged water or liquid fasts. Think the longest I've gone was 7 days. But I can also go weeks at a time eating less than 1,000 calories a day because I don't feel like eating.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for I have a sonic screwdriver, a tricorder, and a Type 2 phaser.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #47 - June 18, 2015, 12:07 AM
    I can't say I am not excited about the food  whistling2 whistling2
    I just hope I won't pass out. It's quite hot and humid out here. I'll try to sneak water bottles.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #48 - June 18, 2015, 12:18 AM
    Quote from: Wiselyskeptical on June 17, 2015, 11:44 PM
    Straight up water fast?

    No, just food. Aren't you supposed to die if you go three days without drinking?
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #49 - June 18, 2015, 12:21 AM
    Have you tried fasting by abstaining from eating and drinking?
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #50 - June 18, 2015, 01:03 AM
    Quote from: Quod Sum Eris on June 18, 2015, 12:18 AM
    No, just food. Aren't you supposed to die if you go three days without drinking?

    A water fast is just with drinking, that's what I meant.

    I am anoyyed that there doesn't seem any funny sitcom this year to watch in Ramadan. It's the only time I watch Arabic TV.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #51 - June 18, 2015, 05:47 AM
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  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #52 - June 18, 2015, 05:56 AM
    Then you know what I am going to be doing for this one too.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #53 - June 18, 2015, 12:47 PM
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/ramadan-in-st-petersburg-the-city-where-the-sun-doesnt-set
    Quote
    ....
    According to some St Petersburg Muslim authorities, the long-lasting daylight in the city at this time of year is simply an extra challenge to their faith.

    “In St Petersburg, Muslims see this as a test. In the time that is now starting they will observe the fast,” said an employee of the St Petersburg and Northwest Regional Muslim Spiritual Centre, who declined to give his name. “Those Muslims who are observing the fast will wait 21-22 hours to break the fast, they will eat for only three hours.”

    When asked about the difficulty of keeping to this strict schedule, he said it was no burden for the faithful.
    ....

    Which side are you on?
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #54 - June 18, 2015, 03:01 PM
    It's 11 and I haven't broken my fast yet. I don't know why I feel guilty when I break my fast while my fam is fasting...
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #55 - June 18, 2015, 04:33 PM
    Quote from: Naerys on June 17, 2015, 07:30 AM
    I'm an atheist and I will be fasting.


    Because you have to, or do you see it as a tradition?


    Today we had training days at work and where we had a lot of stuff to eat (cakes, fruits). One Muslim colleague fasted, although he could have come with the excuse that he is on travel. It was hard for me to see. I always feel sorry with the fasting people. This year is the first time where I don't fast and don't feel guilty about it.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #56 - June 18, 2015, 04:49 PM
    I was at Wegmans yesterday and this ten year old was throwing a temper tantrum yelling at his mom "BUT I HATE RAMADAN. I AM SO HUNGRY!!!". She looked mortified but I feel no sympathy. That's what happens when you force a kid to starve.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #57 - June 18, 2015, 06:18 PM
    I wasn't even allowed to fast at 10 years old, barely a late breakfast by a couple of hours,but no fasting. Why would a parent want their child who isn't required to fast make their kid fast?
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #58 - June 18, 2015, 06:29 PM
    You're a rarity. I started "half" fasting when I was 6 and full fasting 8.

    Btw I broke my fast on candy and water but my dad is always sat right in front of the kitchen though:(
    I can't make a meal.
    Just like Johnny Flynn said, the breath I've taken and the one I must to go on.
  • Haramadan Guide 2k15
     Reply #59 - June 18, 2015, 06:58 PM
    I guess I'm lucky I didn't have to fast until i was 17, I'm still sneaking in food though. Managed 3 packets of uncle ben's rice and a sandwich  dance.
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