Ramadan
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24th, 2006 by His HolinessThis week marks the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan.
The first part of your assignment for this week is to give a BRIEF description of what happens during Ramadan, and what significance Ramadan has to the followers of Islam. You may find the following link helpful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan
The second part of the assignment is to consider, as Islam and Christianity are related faiths, if there is a Christian holiday or season that is in some way similar to Ramadan, and state how so.
October 25th, 2006 at 1:25 am
I think that the Ramadan is important to the Islamic people because it is a month where they do things to try to show God that they care. Most of the Islamics choose to fast (or not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset). They believe that the last ten days of fasting is better than a thousand months of worship because this is when all your sins are forgiven. Fasting lasts for a month it starts in October and ends in November. I think the season of Lent is similar to the Ramadan because people are asked to give up someting that is important to them. Lots of people give up meat on Fridays. Or some people give up TV. This is sort of like fasting and that is why I thougt that the closest season to the Ramadan was Lent.
October 25th, 2006 at 1:29 am
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the holiest month in Islam. it is to be belived that the Prophet Muhammad told his followers that the gates of Heaven would be open all month and the gates of Hell would be closed. During this ninth month fasting is considered to burn your sins away and start over fresh. Which makes senes because Ramadan came form the term “ramd” which means “to burn”. this to me sounds like our christain holiday Lent were you give up any thing until Easter the day christ was risen, whitch ties in with “hells gates shuting and heaven being oppen” just like when jesus judged the living and the dead.
October 25th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic (Hijri) calendar, established in the year 638. It is considered the most venerated, blessed and spiritually-beneficial month of the Islamic year. Prayers, fasting, charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time; religious observances associated with Ramadan are kept throughout the month. Also if somebody doesn’t fast, or just stops they have to do it for sixty more days or they have to feed sixty people. If one of them miss a day or two they would feed a couple of people. Dunyah is a girl in my class and a friend. She just finished fasting on Monday. It was hard for me to just sit there and eat while she watches all of us eat. The significance is that you are basically showing that you truley and solely believe in God. Fasting and doing other things in Ramadan is just like going to church. I think. I agree with Michael. Lent is the season when you give something up. When Lent comes I might give up chocolate. I could never give up food for an entire month. I know that you get to eat before dawn and after dusk but still. Lent is a way that we can give something up for god, just like god gave up his life and sins for us. Those are my reasons why I agree with Michael on the fact that Lent is the similar season between Islam and Christianity.
November 2nd, 2006 at 10:02 pm
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, established in the year 638.It is consider the most blessed place of the month calendar. Ramadan is a good month because they do things that appericate god and everyone else in the world. I think that lent is kind of the same because you give something up or some kind of candy but then you do it for good just like Ramadan did it too.