Reply to: Should exams be moved to accomodate Muslims?

[expat]

If it's a minor difficulty, just deal with it. That's what you are supposed to do: you are supposed to notice that you are fasting.
If it's a major difficulty, postpone your observance until a later time. The Prophet (PBUH) recognised such situations and explicitly allowed that solution.

[clearedforlanding]

Course they shouldn't, whoever thought this up should be made to fast forever, idiots. If they decide on some stupidity like this then they have to do it for Jews during Passover and whatever other religion has a silly festival...oh, that will be all of them.

Lets make an exception for Holi eh? I would be happy for Holi to be celebrated every day. But not Songkram, because **** Songkram.

[darmstadt]

Course they shouldn't, whoever thought this up should be made to fast forever, idiots. If they decide on some stupidity like this then they have to do it for Jews during Passover and whatever other religion has a silly festival...oh, that will be all of them.

[DodgyAgent]

If his father is anything to go by, it's a possibility he may.

Fair point,

[clearedforlanding]

At least he is not jumping around telling his followers to chop off the heads of unbelievers

If his father is anything to go by, it's a possibility he may.

[DodgyAgent]

In the UK we have the joy of a man with large ears, whose only job appears to be waiting for his mother to die, soon to become Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

At least he is not jumping around telling his followers to chop off the heads of unbelievers

[SueEllen]

Battle of Wills - Liz hanging on for Charlie to shuffle off his mortal coil...

Very clever.

[LondonManc]

In the UK we have the joy of a man with large ears, whose only job appears to be waiting for his mother to die, soon to become Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

Battle of Wills - Liz hanging on for Charlie to shuffle off his mortal coil...

[clearedforlanding]

The US separation of church and state was intended to originally to prevent the establishment of a state church and to protect freedom of religion. It's only in recent decades that the first amendment has been used to protect the state from religion.

It's somewhat ironic that no president who wasn't at least nominally Christian has ever been elected (notwithstanding the Republican Party loonies who are convinced Obama is a muslim), and that the US is such a religion influenced society.

In the UK we have the joy of a man with large ears, whose only job appears to be waiting for his mother to die, soon to become Supreme Governor of the Church of England.

[DimPrawn]

The Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the U.S. federal government.



The New World Order...

[LondonManc]

Exams should be in June as they always have been.

Science exams being moved because of religion?

[DimPrawn]

notwithstanding the Republican Party loonies who are convinced Obama is a muslim...

Indeed.

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

The US is such a religion influenced society, who just happen to partner this religious fervor with a passion for firearms and killing people.

[NotAllThere]

The US separation of church and state was intended to originally to prevent the establishment of a state church and to protect freedom of religion. It's only in recent decades that the first amendment has been used to protect the state from religion.

It's somewhat ironic that no president who wasn't at least nominally Christian has ever been elected (notwithstanding the Republican Party loonies who are convinced Obama is a muslim), and that the US is such a religion influenced society.

[clearedforlanding]

I thought the US constitution insisted that they be totally secular, no religion in schools or any other government or public institutions.

Yes, the masaonic fathers of the USA wrote seperation of religion and state into the constitution. It is the only country in the wolrd where this is cast in stone.

Sadly it was largely ignored as evidenced by the "In God we Trust" on their bank notes.