Posted on 03/22/2023 12:50:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The official commencement of the month of Ramadan will take place tonight and the first day of fasting will be observed from sunrise tomorrow.
The holy month will see Muslims all over the world fasting during the day, doing charitable deeds and praying each night in mosques, including in Ireland.
According to the 2016 Census, there are 63,000 Muslims in Ireland; however, it is believed that the figure has risen to over 90,000.
At the Islamic Center of Ireland in Clonskeagh, Dr. Ali Selim said Ramadan works almost in the same way as Lent does for Christians. He said: “During Lent, you sacrifice something that you like, and it is not a theory of deprivation, but rather a theory of a better character or a development in your character. Same thing for us Muslims. This is one of the religious commonalities between Muslims and Christians. We can’t deny the differences, because that would be very naïve, but focusing on the commonalities in the right way to build the bridges and to live together as friends.”
The Muslim year is 11 days shorter than the Christian year. The commencement of the Muslim chronology commenced with the journey of migration or as called in Muslim history, the journey of Hijra. …
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It’s Bombadan again?
Self-correction: the phrase is “the worst of creatures”. They don’t even call Christians a people.
As April contains Good friday, Passover and Easter..
Is April a “HOLY MONTH”?
or is that strictly resvered as a Muslim thing?
I am so excited for Ramadan! I’ve been wishing everyone “Happy Ramadan,” from seasonal holiday store clerks to the bell ringers chiming out “the most beautiful sound on earth,” outside of mosque.
The feeling’s mutual, I don’t consider muzzies human beings!
We can expect the usual rampages and attacks on Christians throughout the world during Ramadan.
Temporary starvation makes the Muslims very cranky.
And if they don’t get to brutally slit the throats of already terrified animals as they watch OTHER terrified animals die a horrible death...? Well, who are we to judge?
Tomorrow’s a set apart day for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,too..
A feast day, a banquet day.. a day the inner gate facing East at the Temple, would be opened. (Ezekiel 46)
A day, according to Amos, no markets/storefronts would be open..
(Amos 8:5)
It’s a day every month that commemorates Genesis 1:1, John 1:1 and even John 1:14.
Muslims,Jews and some Christians will seek out the new sliver crescent this evening..
Jews and Christians could tell Muslims what it means to the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob.
If they themselves knew..
Not a fast, but a feast.
Store/markets closed
Temple open
To commemorate the Beginning. And the Birth of the Messiah of Israel.
Americans could liken it to a combo Thanksgiving and Christmas,once a month..
That’s for the Kingdom to Come.
It appears Ireland has completely forgotten about the Siege of Baltimore in the 1600s when the entire population of the town was carried away as slaves to Morocco.
"Those who add persons to Allah" -- a reference to us believing in the Trinity and Jesus is part of it.
"People of the book" (which includes Jews) -- in Muhammad's day the two major religions that got their teachings from holy writings over word-of-mouth were Christians and Jews.
As far as how to treat Christians, though, the Koran can be uglier than a bulldog's butt (shout out to Georgia fans). Sometimes it's kill them if they don't convert. It's okay to rape them (men too) unless it's a woman married to a man or if it's a girl who hasn't menstruated yet. Sometimes he says to be nice to the "People of the book" and just jizya tax them a lot to try to force them to convert, but if they still don't convert then kill them.
Fun fact: in one of the traditional sayings of Muhammad (a hadith) he stated that the best sex slaves are blondes.
Exactly
It is based on the Lunar Year, I believe.
Rama-dama-ding-dong!
Thanks for the “HeadzUp!”
Anybody know what Moslems pray for when they pray?
Ramadan... the moon-god worshippers flip days for nights for one month. Feh...
The religious holiday when ragheads get hungry and cranky and start blowing stuff up
Actually, only Christians understand Abraham.
John 8:39-40
They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
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