Doing Ramadan

[Churchill]

Off to "Burkhas R Us" for Sandy then...

Truly Surreal.

Zeity, surely you would've spotted the pun!!!

[NotAllThere]

According to wikipedia, it's 2.5%. Which you can give to non-muslims in the hope that they'll convert. And it only applies to cash, gold, silver and other commerical items. If you've got any camels, a different rate applies.

[TheFaQQer]

Well last day is either Thursday or Friday. In North America its already been decided that is Friday. But here its still done in a very funny fashion..with one year Eid on three separate days! Come on...all the mosques are supposed to be under one umbrella yet they break on cultural lines sometimes.

A couple of years ago, my sister's school was half empty two days running, since half the community followed one calendar and the other half another, so they celebrated Eid on different days.

[SandyDown]

Ok Saudi have announced that tomorrow is Eid...

Was hoping it will be Sat, and I didn't give away Zakaat yet !!

But Happy Eid everyone

[NickFitz]

Ok Saudi have announced that tomorrow is Eid...

Was hoping it will be Sat, and I didn't give away Zakaat yet !!

But Happy Eid everyone

Am I correct in believing you aren't actually Muslim? (Somebody asked at the start of the thread, but I can't find a reply from you.)

Anyway, if you're not, there's good news on the Zakat front; according to Wikipedia, which is never wrong, those entitled to receive Zakat include "new Muslims or those close to becoming Muslim. Even non-muslims could be included." So you need to get down the nearest mosque and collect your winnings

Eid Mubarak

[TheFaQQer]

Ok Saudi have announced that tomorrow is Eid...

Was hoping it will be Sat, and I didn't give away Zakaat yet !!

But Happy Eid everyone

London have got a big Eid celebration on Saturday. It depends on the calendar that your mosque follows, rather than what the Saudis say - as I said earlier, my sister's school was split a few years ago because the two local mosques followed different calendars, so ended up with Eid on different days.

Eid Mubarak anyway!

[lilelvis2000]

Nigeria had eid today! Saudi friday..well I suppose technically it is the new moon, even if you can't see it. Considering that Hajj is in Saudi and on a specific day, how do these countries resolve the day difference?

Zakat is only compulsory for muslims.as the above poster stated. Don't fret over it.

Say, George Bush did a iftar dinner at the white house, did Gordon Brown do anything similar?

[GreenerGrass]

Are going the whole hog with this Muslim thing?

Subjugation, covering up your face?

Its not fair, the boys do hiking and paintballing holidays.

[Churchill]

Ok Saudi have announced that tomorrow is Eid...

Was hoping it will be Sat, and I didn't give away Zakaat yet !!

But Happy Eid everyone

Don't try and oppress me with your heathen rantings!

Anyway, if you were a real muslim you'd have blown yourself up by now.

[NickFitz]

Its not fair, the boys do hiking and paintballing holidays.