Muslims comment on Olypmic timing

cleanbluesky · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:15

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages...ews.html?in_article_id=410439&in_page_id=1770

Not sure about this one. I don't care whether the Muslims in the UK like it or not, but it's an international event. We shouldn't have to makes considerations for abstract religious principles but it just wouldn't be as much fun if a lot of the athletes were not at peak performance.

But then again, if they want to compete then they shouldn't fast should they...

Gilly · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:18

Couldn't they take a break for a year? I know that if any of the muslims at work have so much as a sniffle it means they carry on smoking and eating during ramadan.

crystaline · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:20

I'm wondering if we would have had the same outcry had it been in a different country over Ramadan

Stellios · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:21

Why does this crap only happen in the UK

toString · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:21

Isn't the olypmics always held in the summer though? So it's no ones fault?

Nozzer · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:21

Stellios said:
Why does this crap only happen in the UK

I expect it happens elsewhere, it's just not worthy of being reported over here.

Andr3w · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:22

Well what if the winter olympics were on XMAS day, would that mean christians would be angry?

Energize · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:22

I can't wait until religion finally dies off.

Gilly · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:23

Energize said:
I can't wait until religion finally dies off.

I wouldn't count on that ever happening. There's always someone in power that wants to control the masses and there's always the masses that want to be controlled.

cleanbluesky · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:23

Personally, if I were in that position and I still wanted to keep both I would do "night shifts" that way I could eat at regular intervals and sleep during the day. hence, I wouldn't have to break fast

JohnnyG · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:24

Oh well, tough.

Chronos-X · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:26

Refreshingly off topic

Does this mean it clashes with Ramadan every time?

daveydave · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:26

Andr3w said:
Well what if the winter olympics were on XMAS day, would that mean christians would be angry?

damn straight they would be...i'm getting a bit sick of General Discussion becoming "muslim bashing" its literally everyday i check this section of the forums someone is at it! im christain...(well thats what i put on the census form not a church attender at all) but lord knows if i was muslim and a member of these forums (which are great for tech support) i'd be sick of it by now and probably not use them again. It seems there are a few short sighted people on the forums who cant seem to apprecaite other peoples points of view when it comes to religion, culture etc

daveydave · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:26

Energize said:
I can't wait until religion finally dies off.

2nd that lol

Gilly · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:27

Chronos-X said:
Refreshingly off topic

Does this mean it clashes with Ramadan every time?

Nope. Ramadan moves every year and I don't believe the Olympics start and finish on the same date every year either.

david.n.c said:
damn straight they would be...i'm getting a bit sick of General Discussion becoming "muslim bashing" its literally everyday i check this section of the forums someone is at it! im christain...(well thats what i put on the census form not a church attender at all) but lord knows if i was muslim and a member of these forums (which are great for tech support) i'd be sick of it by now and probably not use them again. It seems there are a few short sighted people on the forums who cant seem to apprecaite other peoples points of view when it comes to religion, culture etc

I see lots of people complaining about muslim bashing but don't see much at all - if any. If there are posts which offend you RTM them and they'll be reviewed by a moderator.

Beerbaron · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:29

if they dont like it they dont have to compete in the olympics. its as simple as that. no ones forcing them to.

Ricochet J · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:29

Energize said:
I can't wait until religion finally dies off.

I'm Sikh. Nothing majorly controversial happens to us, only every ten years or so. I like religion.

If you look at the comments page of that article even a muslim believes it's silly.

cleanbluesky · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:29

david.n.c said:
lord knows if i was muslim and a member of these forums (which are great for tech support)

In all fairness, I don't see many religious threads in General Hardware...

Ricochet J · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:30

cleanbluesky said:
In all fairness, I don't see many religious threads in General Hardware...

cleanbluesky · 15 Oct 2006 at 18:31

eXSBass said:
I'm Sikh. Nothing majorly controversial happens to us, only every ten years or so. I like religion.

If you look at the comments page of that article even a muslim believes it's silly.

It probably is silly, I think my solution would be fair and another Muslim below him suggests yet ANOTHER solution so i think there are a lot of options...

But I think there are also a consistent minority of Muslims who have a collective chip anytime something happens to be less than convenient to Islam.