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Nah, you guys don't understand, Muslims take their religious practices VERY SERIOUSLY! I'd say they take it waaaaaaaay more seriously on average then any other religions.
All of my Muslims friends (I know alot, all Asians and Muslims tends to end up in Electrical Engineering for some reason) have sticked to the rules since the very first day of Ramadan.
They get up about 5:00 in the morning (before sunrise), eat breakfest and then just stop eating (no solid or liquid food, water included) until 5:30 in the afternoon (after sunset).
Also, they're suppose to pray 5 times a day, but because of classes, most friends of mine just pray when they get up, noon, and before they go to sleep.
Mind you, they refuse to compremise the rules even with busy everyday schedules which requires alot of enery therefore require nutritious meals (shitload of classes, workouting in the gym, etc). Hell man, even with finals approaching, they still refuse to eat which might decrease their performance on the exams.
And again, EVERY SINGLE ONE of the Muslims I know directly, or indirectly (friends of friends) have been sticking to the rule in the beginning!
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quote:They get up about 5:00 in the morning (before sunrise), eat breakfest and then just stop eating (no solid or liquid food, water included) until 5:30 in the afternoon (after sunset).
So, they're still eating. Meaning, in Afghanistan, Muslims would still be eating ... just not as much. So, okay, it would only cost the U.S. -- lets be generous here and say that Afghans will split an individual food packet three ways, not the previously assumed 1 way -- $20 million in cruise missiles per day to feed one million Afghans during Ramadan.
That's still $20 million. And assuming they've been doing that since the beginning of the campaign (we'll say 45 days ago, just for arguement's sake), that's stillnine hundred billion dollars (and fifteen hundred cruise-missiles costing $600k apiece).
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Awww! I just noticed that! Big hug!
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Did you even read what he said in the first place? He never claimed that they don't eat at all during Ramadan. That would result in a slow, painful death. He specifically said they "don't eat a whole lot" during Ramadan.
Oh, and the rule against eating meat on Fridays was gotten rid of quite a while ago. Probably before you were born (might have been at the second Vatican Council?). Now it only applies during Lent.
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quote:Did you even read what he said in the first place? He never claimed that they don't eat at all during Ramadan. That would result in a slow, painful death. He specifically said they "don't eat a whole lot" during Ramadan.
Um, yeah, so I knocked the math on a single food packet from feeding one Afghani to three. That is, assuming Afghanis who've been starving for a long time *care* about Ramadan. What's the beef, TSN?
As for the meat, shows what a good Catholic I am, doesn't it?
quote:Then your analogy makes no sense at all. Perhaps is Fat Tony (the U.S.) gave you (Pakistan) the money to fund an operation in Baltimore and you funded Omega (Mujhardeen), who later turned around and shot Fat Tony's Lieutenant (WTC).
See? You DID get it!
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Awww! I just noticed that! Big hug! 
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