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Will you be watching Ramadan Diaries this evening?
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It always really interests me to find stuff out about Ramadan from people who do it. Intermittent fasting is in many religions including Catholicism, even though most people who claim to be Catholic don't observe the fast days anymore. There is actually a lot of research done into the benefits of fasting, though the concensus is that three days is the best period of fasting for it to have benefits to one's health.
Last year around Ramadan I got a taxi home after a night out and the lad who dropped me home was Muslim. He was saying most of the taxi drivers do the night shift as they can't eat during the day, I thought it was a crafty loophole. He was also telling me about the class food they eat, gave me a recipe for Biryani I've made loads of times since.
The level of contempt in here is unfortunate but not very surprising as certain sections of Irish society are totally insulated from ever encountering people of different cultures. Fortunately the generation growing up in Ireland now represent a wide variety of races and religions. Current trends seem to show that many will be atheist or agnostic due to readily available information when they start to question the tenets of their family's tradition. There will definitely be a lot more appreciation and acceptance of people when it comes to religion in about six or seven years when the current primary school kids finish secondary school.
Good post.
However,Sticking with Ramadan prectitioners,I would not be quite so certain of the aetheist/agnostic conclusion for two reasons.
The first is the very strong and direct strictures within Islam regarding athesim and non-believers in general.
Secondly,at a time when direct Catholic church involvement in Irish primary and secondary education is being wound-down, it is very notable that Islam wishes to retain and broaden it's involvement with schooling,particularly at primary level.
The notion of appreciation & acceptance being unidirectional appears to be widely held throughout Irish society,but it is a 2 way street,with plenty of room still left for others to join in too.
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.
Charles Mackay (1812-1889)
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Good post.
However,Sticking with Ramadan prectitioners,I would not be quite so certain of the aetheist/agnostic conclusion for two reasons.
The first is the very strong and direct strictures within Islam regarding athesim and non-believers in general.
Secondly,at a time when direct Catholic church involvement in Irish primary and secondary education is being wound-down, it is very notable that Islam wishes to retain and broaden it's involvement with schooling,particularly at primary level.
The notion of appreciation & acceptance being unidirectional appears to be widely held throughout Irish society,but it is a 2 way street,with plenty of room still left for others to join in too.
Years ago, Irish schools were predominantly Catholic run, and of course Christianity was the majority religion thought. Now there is an increasing nr of secular schools, where religion is not on the curriculum at all.....parents who wish their children to be taught religion, have to get it taught elsewhere. It is a very optional subject at this time. In general here in Ireland, the Nr of active practicing Christian's is falling.
Islam on the other hand, put's more importance on religious teaching than on other subjects..... for a practicing Muslin. iSLAM is his whole Life...its the most important thing that there is for him / her. So if a Muslim student is attending a school here in Ireland ( which of course, they are ) and its an non-religion teaching school, then they they are also attending an Islamic school as well. Not to be attending an Islamic school, would mean that He/She was becoming less Muslim. And of course, this is happening too. But over all, Muslims put more value and dependence on their Religion, than most other Religions.0 -
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