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Mattt
14,807 posts
87 months
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AdeTuono said: I worked in Qatar over Ramadan a few years ago. The Muslims were up all night eating, and then slept all day claiming they were too weak from lack of food to work. Exactly - I have a lot of respect for the guys who 'genuinely' do fast, especially those working manual jobs. My experience of Gulf Arabs is they stay up celebrating gluttony until the early hours of the morning, work in an office for 3 hours and then go and sleep the rest of the day until the next iftar party. I don't like religion in general, but if you are a religionist then don't look for loopholes in whatever book you follow.
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GTIR
19,078 posts
135 months
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Cock Womble 7 said: GTIR said: Pants, he has to eat pants. Brilliant. How do I convert to Ramadanism? First off you have to give up Judaism, as you're only aloud one religion, then get your foreskin back. Job done. 
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adeel_gt
147 posts
69 months
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TwigtheWonderkid said: Why do we congratulate people for having faith. Religious faith being a belief in something completely irrational despite a total absence of any evidence.
It's a free world, and people can do what they want so long as they don't harm others, but don't congratulate people for believing in supernatural nonsense. Welcome, the first god basher has arrived.
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JapFreak786
513 posts
26 months
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Fasting as well, I had some food last night at 9:30 and some water around 11:00,going to be nearly 24 hours without food!
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TwigtheWonderkid
6,098 posts
19 months
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plasticpig said: TwigtheWonderkid said: Why do we congratulate people for having faith. Religious faith being a belief in something completely irrational despite a total absence of any evidence.
It's a free world, and people can do what they want so long as they don't harm others, but don't congratulate people for believing in supernatural nonsense. If its a free world why are you telling others what they should or shouldn't do? Errr...because I'm free to!! And you're free to question it, and the OP is free to ignore it.
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TwigtheWonderkid
6,098 posts
19 months
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adeel_gt said: TwigtheWonderkid said: Why do we congratulate people for having faith. Religious faith being a belief in something completely irrational despite a total absence of any evidence.
It's a free world, and people can do what they want so long as they don't harm others, but don't congratulate people for believing in supernatural nonsense. Welcome, the first god basher has arrived. Let's hope I'm not the last. There's a few of us around!
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stu67
166 posts
57 months
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Not a Muslim myself but I was in Abu Dhabi until this morning and took advantage of an excellent Iftar buffet last night in the hotel after a long day in the office. Mind you my fellow passengers on the Etihad flight might not have appreciated my gluttony.
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Ollie123
31 posts
23 months
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Denying your most basic instincts.
Being human is such a sin.
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Countdown
6,383 posts
65 months
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Nice little Iftar meal planned today Smoked salmon Quiche and new potatoes Halva Blueberry muffins with hot chocolate 
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RobbieKB
5,344 posts
52 months
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Ollie123 said: Denying your most basic instincts.
. It is, but studies have proven there are numerous health benefits of fasting, from reduced stress and cholesterol to increased brain function. It's also a very good detox for the body. That said, the reason they are doing it is primitive.
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HD Adam
1,643 posts
53 months
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AdeTuono said: I worked in Qatar over Ramadan a few years ago. The Muslims were up all night eating, and then slept all day claiming they were too weak from lack of food to work. My experience exactly working in Brunei and the UAE. Basically, couldn't get f  k all done 2 weeks before because its "nearly" Ramadan. Then one month of being the laziest f ker ever all day whilst partying it up all night eating, then 2 weeks after "recovering" from Ramadan. Just an excuse for 2 months of not putting out and using their invisible sky friend as a valid reason.
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AdeTuono
3,757 posts
96 months
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RobbieKB said: Ollie123 said: Denying your most basic instincts.
. It is, but studies have proven there are numerous health benefits of fasting, from reduced stress and cholesterol to increased brain function. It's also a very good detox for the body. That said, the reason they are doing it is primitive. It's not proper fasting though, is it? In my (admittedly limited) experience, it's just not eating during daylight hours and then ramming it in at night, and then pretending you're too weak to function normally for the next day. No different to what most normal people do between dinner and breakfast, every day.
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Countdown
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65 months
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HD Adam said: My experience exactly working in Brunei and the UAE. Basically, couldn't get f k all done 2 weeks before because its "nearly" Ramadan. Then one month of being the laziest f ker ever all day whilst partying it up all night eating, then 2 weeks after "recovering" from Ramadan. Just an excuse for 2 months of not putting out and using their invisible sky friend as a valid reason. Out of interest was that the locals or the immigrant labour? My experience is that "attitude to work" differs between the two.
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davepoth
19,965 posts
68 months
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Question - if you are Muslim and at the South Pole (where it is dark 24 hours a day at this time of year) what would you do? Would you do a "symbolic" fast and just not eat lunch? -edit- Never mind, I found the answer. http://www.shiachat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/431...
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Countdown
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65 months
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davepoth said: Question - if you are Muslim and at the South Pole (where it is dark 24 hours a day at this time of year) what would you do? Would you do a "symbolic" fast and just not eat lunch? Supposed to follow the times of the nearest islamic country (I think) http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/2009/08/26/how-do-m...
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oilydan
1,197 posts
140 months
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Even though been in the ME for 9 years now I have never really 'got' the fasting thing... Supermarkets in Dubai have the best month of the year during Ramadan; It's like Christmas every day  There may be fasting during the day, but by night it is a food-fest of epic proportions. Surely the whole 'point' of Ramadan fasting is to empathise with the less fortunate and hungry; fhe starving don't get to feast at sun-down, do they? I would have thought that continuing to eat during the day as normal, but on a simple diet of rice/beans etc only for the month would be a much better way of empathising? Still, each to their own. I just did a lovely roast pork, washed down with a 16 yr old malt and the Open on iplayer. Just doing my bit for the supermarket Ramadan bonanza.
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HD Adam
1,643 posts
53 months
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Countdown said: HD Adam said: My experience exactly working in Brunei and the UAE. Basically, couldn't get f k all done 2 weeks before because its "nearly" Ramadan. Then one month of being the laziest f ker ever all day whilst partying it up all night eating, then 2 weeks after "recovering" from Ramadan. Just an excuse for 2 months of not putting out and using their invisible sky friend as a valid reason. Out of interest was that the locals or the immigrant labour? My experience is that "attitude to work" differs between the two. In Brunei, we had a mostly local workforce. Bear in mind that for most of the year, they would want to go to Malaysia (Miri) to piss it up and w e around but then come over all religious during Ramadan. They would also moan if they were scheduled to work at Christmas or New Year  In the UAE, the Pakistani's who worked for us basically wanted the month off but still be there and be paid for doing nothing. I offered to schedule their time off so they could go home but they wouldn't have that.
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Countdown
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HD Adam said: In the UAE, the Pakistani's who worked for us basically wanted the month off but still be there and be paid for doing nothing.
I offered to schedule their time off so they could go home but they wouldn't have that. Surprises me given how "prized" jobs in Dubai were for Pakistanis. Ah well....
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Marf
22,907 posts
110 months
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GTIR said: Cock Womble 7 said: GTIR said: Pants, he has to eat pants. Brilliant. How do I convert to Ramadanism? First off you have to give up Judaism, as you're only aloud one religion, then get your foreskin back. Job done. Ramadanists have their tip nipped too
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Zwolf
22,321 posts
75 months
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Good luck to all of you taking part.
/devoutatheist.
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