Have a Wonderful Ramadan
Soviestan
13-09-2007, 03:34
I figure I'd let everyone know Ramadan is upon us at well.
Katganistan
13-09-2007, 03:45
Have a blessed Ramadan.
Soviestan
13-09-2007, 03:50
Have a blessed Ramadan.
Thank you. I appreciate you using your crazy good mod powers to make the thread, btw. :)
The Atlantian islands
13-09-2007, 03:53
Not a big fan of the religion..but I suppose I have to be nice sometimes...and since this is an important day for you guys..I suppose I'll choose today to be nice.
Enjoy your holiday.
HotRodia
13-09-2007, 03:54
I doubt everyone knows what Ramadan is. Let's have a link, shall we?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan
Edit: And may you be purified by your actions during this time.
I know from experience that fasting is difficult and can be greatly beneficial.
Neu Leonstein
13-09-2007, 04:12
I doubt everyone knows what Ramadan is.
Are you serious?
Anyways, happy fasting. Or should I say: have fun once the sun goes down.
Have a meaningful Ramadan.
HotRodia
13-09-2007, 04:23
Are you serious?
Anyways, happy fasting. Or should I say: have fun once the sun goes down.
Dead serious. Have you noticed the General Forum population, on average, being very knowledgable about other belief systems? Sure, we have plenty of people who like to debate religion and know a lot about it, but those are a pretty unusual group.
OceanDrive2
13-09-2007, 04:32
Good Job Kat. http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif
quick reflexes and.. effective.
Thumbs Up.
and of course.. Happy Ramadan + L'Shana Tova to all.
I figure I'd let everyone know Ramadan is upon us at well.
Ramadan Mubarak my brother. May Allah (swt) bless your soul, and purify you. :)
The Atlantian islands
13-09-2007, 05:04
Are you serious?
Anyways, happy fasting. Or should I say: have fun once the sun goes down.
To be fair to Hotrodia, I didn't find out what Ramadan was until I was like 15 or so (there weren't many Muslims at my school or in my general area)...and many people on the forum can be found to be about that age..so..yeah.
Pirated Corsairs
13-09-2007, 05:43
Have a good Ramadan yourself! I'm practically fasting myself as it is (yay college student budget!), and that's bad enough. Good on you if you can pull it off.
Andaras Prime
13-09-2007, 07:02
That's right everyone, it's Ramadan, where Arabs sell everything at double the cost.
Wilgrove
13-09-2007, 07:28
Happy Ramadan to all the Muslims around the world. :)
Ramadan, eh?
*sits down in front of Sovietstan with a huge bowl of food and begins to eat very slowly* Mmmm....mmm...this is good food...mmm...
Okay, seriously, enjoy Ramadan, Muslims.
Andaras Prime
13-09-2007, 11:10
Soviestan, are you a Muslim or something?
Politeia utopia
13-09-2007, 11:12
Ramadan Mubarak
Hope you have a great iftar
Gauthier
13-09-2007, 12:57
That's right everyone, it's Ramadan, where Arabs sell everything at double the cost.
Which makes it *gasp* like any other holiday.
Dempublicents1
13-09-2007, 13:11
Is it Ramadan already? Seems early this year. *makes a mental note to make dinner plans including lots of friends to be a bit later*
And Happy Ramadan to those who celebrate it!
Just thinking about Ramadan makes me hungry.
Soviestan, are you a Muslim or something?
That's... a question.
Anyways, Muslims, uhm, enjoy eating when the sun goes down. I have on good authority that usually mosques make feasts on Ramadan after dark. :)
Andaras Prime
13-09-2007, 13:54
That's... a question.
?
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There's some controversy as to Soviestan being or not Muslim.
Andaras Prime
13-09-2007, 14:09
There's some controversy as to Soviestan being or not Muslim.
I think I'll call him 'Sovie the Oppressed Shia' from now on.
That's... a question.
Anyways, Muslims, uhm, enjoy eating when the sun goes down. I have on good authority that usually mosques make feasts on Ramadan after dark. :)
I don't think they are supposed to have big feasts until Eid. There is a hadith that says during ramadan you should have 1/3 food, 1/3 water, and 1/3 air in your belly after dark. If there was a feast, one might presume it'd be like 4/3 food :p
Lunatic Goofballs
13-09-2007, 14:54
During the month of Ramadan, I will probably celebrate by behaving oddly. :)
During the month of Ramadan, I will probably celebrate by behaving oddly. :)
Don't you "celebrate" year long?:p
San Adriano
13-09-2007, 16:38
Have a good Ramadan. :)
Seconded.
Risottia
13-09-2007, 16:45
Nice Ramadan to all Muslims!
Risottia
13-09-2007, 16:46
Is it Ramadan already? Seems early this year. *makes a mental note to make dinner plans including lots of friends to be a bit later*
That's because the Muslim use the lunar year for religious purposes instead of the solar (standard) year. The lunar year is a bit shorter than the solar year, so Ramadan every year shifts back of some days. This means that there has been (and will be) some solar year with two Ramadans in it. No, I'm too lazy to do the calculations now!
errata corrige: I've made a quick check, and there are some intercalary months to sinchronize a bit the lunar year with the solar year. The Islamic lunar year is shorter, anyway, than the solar year (97/100)
I love Ramadam. Well...more specifically, iftar. Which reminds me, I need to work on getting some more invites :D
Deus Malum
13-09-2007, 16:53
That's because the Muslim use the lunar year for religious purposes instead of the solar (standard) year. The lunar year is a bit shorter than the solar year, so Ramadan every year shifts back of some days. This means that there has been (and will be) some solar year with two Ramadans in it. No, I'm too lazy to do the calculations now!
Hindus use the lunar calendar as well. I'm not sure if they use the SAME calendar, but "ours" has 12 months each of exactly 30 days each, so you lose 5.25 days off of every year. Every 6th year an additional, thirteenth month is added on to the end of the calendar to correct for this. It's an annoying and absurdly complex system that often has me going "Is it xreligiousholiday already???"
Risottia
13-09-2007, 17:00
Hindus use the lunar calendar as well. I'm not sure if they use the SAME calendar, but "ours" has 12 months each of exactly 30 days each, so you lose 5.25 days off of every year. Every 6th year an additional, thirteenth month is added on to the end of the calendar to correct for this. It's an annoying and absurdly complex system that often has me going "Is it xreligiousholiday already???"
Ah, I already get puzzled by Easter (I think the Catholic Easter is the first sunday after the first full moon of spring, but hey...)
Upper Botswavia
13-09-2007, 17:02
Happy Ramadan to those of you who celebrate it! And thanks for sharing your celebrations and information about them with the rest of us!
Johnny B Goode
13-09-2007, 17:02
I figure I'd let everyone know Ramadan is upon us at well.
Have a good Ramadan, and make sure to eat filling dinners.
Lunatic Goofballs
13-09-2007, 17:39
Don't you "celebrate" year long?:p
I'm always celebrating something. :)
Dempublicents1
13-09-2007, 17:50
Ah, I already get puzzled by Easter (I think the Catholic Easter is the first sunday after the first full moon of spring, but hey...)
IIRC, Easter is tied to Passover, but I don't know how Passover is determined.
IIRC, Easter is tied to Passover, but I don't know how Passover is determined.
Passover is determined by the Jewish calendar, which is a modified lunar calendar. The calendar normally goes through 12 moon cycles, but every four years an extra month is 7 times in each 19 year period. Passover always starts on the 15th day of Nissan.