Aly
Name : Aly Taha
Age : 25
Location : Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Nationality: Egyptian
My Space: http://alytaha.nomadlife.org/
Religious background: here we go, the hard question that I get very interesting discussions from......well, I'm practicing Islam which I started on believing/practicing almost a year ago, BUT at the end, i'm a believer and not a follower, which means I do consult my mind/rationale/experiences/questioning before accepting anything in the religion, and not following a sheikh that might be more stupid than I am :D what I believe in can be classified as different religions, but the practice is Sunni Islam
Current occupation : Researcher/Masters Student
The thing I love the most about Ramadan : the fantastic settings in Cairo's streets from lanterns, colored lights, free food outdoor tables (ma'adet el-rahman) and the cozy culture from meeting friends after breaking the fast (Iftar) or big family gatherings.
The hardest/most annoying thing about Ramadan : the wrong perception of people about Ramadan, that it's just for upkeeping yourself from eating and drinking, and not understanding the true meaning of it, from self-disciplinary and training your will, to sharing the moments of other poor people all over the world. The second most annoying thing is, people giving an excuse of fasting to behave stupidly/weirdly.
What I want to get out of Ramadan this year : I would like to talk to more people to make them aware of the "true" spirit of Ramadan, or at least how I see it, and for me to question the religion which will lead me either to strengthen my beliefs or change it
My best Ramadan memory: it was one of those BIG family gatherings at my aunt's house with at least 40+ and was just before a lot of my family members started cruising the world (including me), though don't remember how many years back was it.
1 Comments:
this is more of an question then an comment.
I am in a relationship with an man who m I just found out is muslim. When I fell in love with him I did not know that he was muslim and he did not tell me. We were having a conversation about food and he said somthing about "RAMADAN"?, I couldnt really hear him but he went on with the conversation. So I tried to remember the word as best as I could and looked it up on the internet and it led me here. My question is how do I deal with that? I am from a different religion and he knows that. I am from the church of god in christ. Now , looking this upI have found some things thhat muslims are not suposed to do and he kind of does them. So do I ask him about his religion or leave it alone. I feel like it is a topic that we need to talk about because of the status of our relationship and im not going to convert. Would this be better left alone and stay with him or walk away. I still love him and love in gos eyes see no color race or religion. So what do I do????.
plaese email me back at ms_bell2003@yahoo.com
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