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Ebikatsu
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by Ebikatsu » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:54 am
Something just struck me yesterday.
Muslims can't live in the Arctic or Antarctic
Claire
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by Claire » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:27 pm
Why cos they'd have to fast 24 hours a day for a whole month?
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by Ebikatsu » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:48 pm
correct
Hmmmmmmmmmm.......................................
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by Goddess » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:40 pm
Wasn't there some kind of official ruling about this - that they were allowed to adopt the times of another country?
Can't remember but I know I've had similar discussions on this topic years ago - just can't remember the outcome!
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by BBLUX » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:15 pm
I asked this exact question on the blue side on the clock changes thread. I had wondered if they would use a "country of convenience" for their timing.
No one wanted to volunteer an answer though
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by Goddess » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:23 pm
I just went and rechecked:
If this should happen, or you are in a country where the days or nights are prolonged, you can either pick the times of sunrise and sunset of another Islamic Nation, or ideally the times according to Mecca.
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by FABlux » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:36 pm
Thank you Goddess, now we know the answer for next time
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by Ebikatsu » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:12 am
Yes but if you want to be pedantic
You would then be following the thoughts of men and not the words of the Quran .
and that would be okay if it were not in the Quran but it is.
Muslims using networking sites are sinners: fatwa in Egypt
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Muslims using networking sites are sinners: fatwa in Egypt
Terming the use of networking sites such as Facebook as anti-Islamic, a top Egyptian cleric has issued a fatwa against it saying Muslims...
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UPDATE
Al-Azhar says no fatwa against Facebook
Joseph Mayton
9 February 2010 in Egypt, Islam, Media, News, Religion
facebookCAIRO: Egypt’s top religious academy has denied it issued a fatwa...
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