Ramadan on Luna or in the Arctic Circle?

[robvalue]

If you had shown that map to the goon writing the bible, he'd have shat himself.

[ReptilianPeon]

In defence of Ramadan they say that if there is no sunset where you live you're supposed fast based on "the nearest major city with a Mosque and a discernible sunset". Subjective much?

That retrofitting still doesn't explain what Neil Armstrong was supposed to do whilst on the moon! I can't imagine any Muhammadans ever leaving Earth for another celestial body because you can forget praying towards Mecca whilst away from the Earth. Why don't people think about these things? Are they really that stupid?

[Marsellus Wallace]

In defence of Ramadan they say that if there is no sunset where you live you're supposed fast based on "the nearest major city with a Mosque and a discernible sunset". Subjective much?

That retrofitting still doesn't explain what Neil Armstrong was supposed to do whilst on the moon! I can't imagine any Muhammadans ever leaving Earth for another celestial body because you can forget praying towards Mecca whilst away from the Earth. Why don't people think about these things? Are they really that stupid?

more like "pick a time to eat, buddy. we give up. the earth turns out to be rounded,...dammit"

[robvalue]

How about everyone tries missing out ramadamadingdong one year and see what difference it makes to anything?

Apart from people feeling less woozy and better hydrated, I predict no difference. However, something bad will happen at some point and it will have been directly caused by people eating and drinking a while before it.

Time to stop taking health and safety tips from Bronze Age death manuals.

[Aaran]

Allah never said the further away from Earth's Equator you live the less you have to fast

I wonder why fucking allah didn't get that?





Oh, right.

I've always found it strange that God's favorite bit of planet Earth was the most ugly, desolate and depressing place in the entire world. Considering the wealth and beauty of the rest of creation elsewhere.

It must be all the genocides and wars that do it for the old boy.

[vodkafan]

I eat when I am awake during the day and fast at night when I am asleep. I find that works really well. I can keep that up for years.

[Dystopia]

I remember reading a while ago in a muslim article that children, pregnant women, elderly and other people in similar situations don't need to do the ramadan. I don't know if it's true or not, but this is stupid anyway, and sickening

[robvalue]

What an utterly stupid practice this is. At what point do we call it child abuse when they are forced to do it?

[Dystopia]

What an utterly stupid practice this is. At what point do we call it child abuse when they are forced to do it?

If it affects health it should - The only reason it isn't is because it's a religious practise. If it was a political measure it would be illegal and prohibited right away. I think parents control what children eat to some degree - After all, you have a duty to try to provide healthy food and avoid buying lots of junk food (I'm thinking childhood obesity), but there are limits to everything.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

As a related topic, I have to wonder if there will ever be an observant Muslim in a space programme. 


A craft or station in low-earth orbit typically travels about 17500 miles an hour.  This makes sunrise to sunrise (for the astronauts) about 90 minutes.  Since a Muslim on such a craft would be experiencing a 90 minute day, and Muslims pray 5 times per day, an astronaut for Allah would have to stop work every 18 minutes to pray.

I've been informed (by people who know more about Islam than I do) that each prayer plus the required ablution takes about 10 minutes.  Thus, 50 minutes out of every hour would be eaten away by prayers.

Boru