Posted on 10/14/2006 3:41:13 PM PDT by Pokey78
The 2012 London Olympics have been plunged into controversy by the discovery that the Games will clash with Ramadan, the most holy month in the Islamic calendar.
The clash will put Muslim athletes at a disadvantage as they will be expected to fast from sunrise to sunset for the entire duration of the Games.
In 2012, Ramadan will take place from July 21 to August 20, while the Olympics run from July 27 to August 12.
An anticipated 3,000 Muslim competitors are expected to be affected.
About a quarter of the 11,099 athletes who took part in the 2004 Athens Olympics came from countries with predominantly Muslim populations.
Because the Muslim calendar is based on a lunar cycle, the ninth month of Ramadan - which runs from the appearance of one new crescent moon to the next - gets earlier by around 11 days each year.
The clash will be a huge embarrassment for Lord Coe, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, and London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who have been keen to ensure the Games involve all Britain's ethnic communities.
Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission, said: "They would not have organised this at Christmas. It is equally stupid to organise it at Ramadan.
"It shows a complete lack of awareness and sensitivity.
"This is going to disadvantage the athletes and alienate the Asian communities by saying they don't matter.
"It's not only going to affect the participants it's going to affect all the people who want to watch the Games.
"They won't want to travel during Ramadan and they won't want to watch sport. It's a spiritual time."
Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, an imam on the Muslim Council of Great Britain, said: "I'm sure the athletes will seek advice from their scholars.
"They are obviously going to be at a disadvantage because other competitors will be drinking and keeping up their energy levels.
"But they are athletes and I am sure they will train their bodies to cope with this.
"A Muslim might feel it would have been nice to avoid this month but life doesn't stop for Muslims during Ramadan even though they are fasting.
"The best thing for a Muslim is to continue his or her life as normal. This is the real test."
The British Olympic Association is now planning a meeting with the organisers of London 2012 to discuss how the timing will affect UK Muslim athletes.
And Muslim countries such as Turkey are calling for the date to be changed.
Togay Bayalti, president of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey, said: "This will be difficult for Muslim athletes.
"They don't have to observe Ramadan if they are doing sport and travelling but they will have to decide whether it is important to them.
"It would be nice for the friendship of the Games if they had chosen a different date."
The International Olympics Committee insisted the Games take place some time between July 15 to August 31, giving more than a week either side of Ramadan.
IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said: "We give a window to the five bid cities. The host city selects the dates within that window.
"The Games bring together virtually every religion and creed. How to deal with religious clashes is up to the athletes."
Joanna Manning Cooper, spokeswoman for London 2012, said: "We did know about it when we submitted our bid and we have always believed we could find ways to accommodate it.
"We had lots of things to consider when we submitted our dates, including the fact that transport will be less crowded in the summer holiday.
"We also need 70,000 volunteers and this is the best time to find them.
"We are working with the Muslim Council of Great Britain to find ways to accommodate Ramadan during the London Games."
2- The Brits will cave anyway. They will move the Olympics.
In a land Down Under!
Won't be any fat muslims by the end of the games.....
Yeah but not until Dec. 21st.
So, Allah is worth blowing people up for, but not delaying the delaying of eating. The ramalamadingdong period is twice as long as the Olys run. Maybe they should just give up the Olys instead of running afoul of Allah, or, better yet, starve themselves for two months instead of one month the previous year. That way, they will already have shaken hands with Allah or, at the very least, have a credit balance with him.
Of course they are.
"Muslims anger at _____________________."
Fill in the blank. It doesn't matter what.
The 2012 London Olympics have been plunged into controversy by the discovery that the Games will clash with Ramadan, the most holy month in the Islamics calendar for blowing people up, beheading them, and committing other unspeakable atrocities consistent with the teachings of their stupid garbage "religion".
The clash will put Muslim athletes at a disadvantage as they will be expected to fast from sunrise to sunset for the entire duration of the Games. I guess it's too much to get up early for breakfast and eat a good dinner after sundown. Instead of being fired up and motivated by the additional challenge, they'd rather piss and moan like 4-year-olds.
In 2012, Ramadan will take place from July 21 to August 20, while the Olympics run from July 27 to August 12. The muslims think it's horribly unfair that they'll have to be in the Olympics while their friends are out committing torture-murders and setting things on fire in the streets while hopped up on meth.
An anticipated 3,000 Muslim competitors whiners are expected to be affected.
About a quarter of the 11,099 athletes who took part in the 2004 Athens Olympics came from countries third-world toilets with predominantly Muslim psychopath populations.
Because the Muslim calendar is based on a lunar lunatic cycle, the ninth month of Ramadan - which runs from the appearance of one new crescent moon to the next - gets earlier by around 11 days each year - like anybody should give half a crap.
The clash will be a huge embarrassment for Lord Coe, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, and London Mayor Ken Livingstone, who have no cajones and been keen to ensure the Games involve all Britain's ethnic communities embrace multiculturalism and other whiny liberal garbage. Massoud Shadjareh, chairman of the London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission, said whined like a little metrosexual whose daddy took away his cell-phone, car keys, and iPod: "They would not have organised this at Christmas. It is equally stupid to organise it at Ramadan. Will somebody get me some tissue?
"It shows a complete lack of awareness and sensitivity, like we always show when we're on our racist rants, blowing people up, cutting their heads off, and committing arson.
"This is going to disadvantage the athletes and alienate the Asian communities by saying they don't matter." [I'm deeply moved. If it's that much of a hardship and you're such a victim, then what does it say for whiners like you, with an advanced inferiority complex, victimhood complex, and narcissistic personality disorder, that insist on participating anyway? If it's that bad of a deal, shut the hell up, go home, and play Mah Jong instead.]
"It's not only going to affect the participants it's going to affect all the people whiners who want to watch the Games.
"They won't want to travel during Ramadan and they won't want to watch sport. It's a spiritual time." [Sounds like a win-win situation to me.]
Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, an imam on the Muslim Council of Great Britain, said: "I'm sure the athletes will seek advice from their scholars because they're too frickin' stupid to think for themselves like normal people.
"They are obviously going to be at a disadvantage because other competitors with the IQ of a carrot will be drinking and keeping up their energy levels.
"But they are athletes and I am sure they will train their bodies to cope with this. So I guess I'm just whining to hear myself talk because being a cranky little "victim" is easier than stepping up and working for a living.
"A Muslim might feel it would have been nice to avoid this month but life terrorism and narcissism doesn't stop for Muslims during Ramadan even though they are fasting.
"The best thing for a Muslim is to continue his or her life as normal go get a life and find a legitimate religion or jump off a bridge. This is the real test."
The British Olympic Association is now planning a meeting with the organisers of London 2012 to discuss how the timing will affect UK to bow and scrape to a bunch of Muslim athletes that would celebrate the rape of their kids and the burning of a Christian church.
And Muslim countries such as Turkey are calling whining for the date to be changed.
Togay Bayalti, president of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey, said: "This will be difficult for Muslim athletes.
"They don't have to observe Ramadan if they are doing sport and travelling but they will have to decide whether it is important to them so this whole goat-rope is an exercise in stupidity anyway.
"It would be nice for the friendship of the Games if they had chosen a different date cave to our every whim and indulge our whining like the good little liberal socialists that we know they are."
The International Olympics Committee insisted the Games take place some time between July 15 to August 31, giving more than a week either side of Ramadan.
IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said: "We give a window to the five bid cities. The host city selects the dates within that window.
"The Games bring together virtually every religion and creed. How to deal with religious clashes is up to the athletes."
Joanna Manning Cooper, spokeswoman for London 2012, said: "We did know about it when we submitted our bid and we have always believed we could find ways to accommodate it that the islamics should go hit the frickin' road if it's that much of a hardship.
"We had lots of things to consider when we submitted our dates, including the fact that transport will be less crowded in the summer holiday.
"We also need 70,000 volunteers slave laborers and this is the best time to find them.
"We are working with the Muslim Council of Great Britain to find ways to accommodate Ramadan during the London Games tell them to put it to music and shut the hell up."
Excellent post! You nailed it.
I should think the moosies would be boycotted by the Oly Committee because they don't allow women to compete. It's a human rights thingy, ain't it? Isn't the Oly Committee dead-set on advancing human rights as one of their objectives?
Is there an event on how to torture the best?
Well, I understood what you meant - the northern hemisphere, which includes London.
Tough shiite.
"muslim anger", HAA!
Muck off, savages.
It's the IOC that determines the schedule.
Allah: "No 72 Virgins for you!"
"Muslims' anger as London Olympics clash with Ramadan"
Why, is the "religion of peace" miffed?
Pick a reason.
The sun rose, today.
The camels have their time of the month.
Mecca is still a backalley sand dune of no consequence.
Do they really need a reason??????
Note to Islamists. F U and the Camel ya rode in on.
Believe it or not, the teacher had the child detained and interviewed by the police, such a serious breach of foreign sensibilities it was. You cannot even expect to be allowed English in England now.
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