My Thoughts about an article in Sunday's paper
 

I just wanted to tell you my thoughts on the article that was in the Sunday paper. The whole front page of the Lifestyle section. "Celebrate the Holy Month of Ramadan". I thought it was in bad taste since it's Memorial Day weekend. Ramadan usually spurs on the Muslims to do more bad things during this time. What percentage of people in The Village's do you think have an interest in this? I view it as a slap in the face!

S Hyer

I really liked it. But I am a librarian by training and inclination. Good information about others helps build bridges. Most Muslims are very peaceful.

I agree! Anything more than a sentence is too much. Didn't see a spread like that for Easter, Christmas or Yom Kippur.

Am I Really Reading this Comment?
 

I am incensed by your comment! What religion are you that has instilled such bigotry in you?

I am not well versed in Ramadan, however, I do know that it is a month of fasting -- a peaceful month, and one of the holiest holidays of the religion.
When would you have liked this article to appear?
In August or February, perhaps? Or probably, never!

Why should a local paper not give recognition to a major religion's holy month, regardless of when it falls during the year?
Ramadan follows a lunar calendar and this year it happened to fall during the Memorial Day weekend.
So what!
The press has also given major acknowledgement to our veterans and the Memorial Day holiday.

The press also always has articles relating to Christmas, Chanukah, Easter, Passover, etc., and they are timely published when the holidays are current.

Your comment is waaaayyyyy off base and an embarrassment!
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It's sad that people group all Muslims together. Only radical Muslim are violent. I'm far from an expert but have several Friends who are Muslim and they are the kindest people I know.

Thank you, Mrs. Robinson.

Perhaps because as far as I know there aren't Muslims living in The Villages and it isn't relevant.

I would also like to say that I support the temporary ban on immigrants from Muslim Countries that harbor ISIS.. According to an article that I can link from Reuters published four days ago, there are 23000 Islamic Jihadists living in UK. That is a bunch of potentially not peaceful people and I don't want that many living in this country.

UK lowers attack threat level as police close in on bomber's network

Huh?
 

According to Sperling's Best Places, 35.56% of Villagers are religious. Of this amount, 0.9% are Muslim. So, I would an article about Ramadan is relevant to many Villagers, including those just curious about the holiday. To say that a newspaper should ignore a high holy holiday because it is not your religion of choice is, at best, narrow minded. The Sun has done an excellent of printing articles about Christianity and Judaism. Nice to see one about Islam. Hoping they do a few more and also articles about Buddhist festivals, Shinto practices, Confucism, Wiccan rites, etc.

I don't know that we can consider Isla a major religion in the United States.

70% of the people in this country identify as Christians, 23% are unaffiliated, 7% are either agnostic or atheists, 1.9% are Jewish and less than 1% are Muslim. There are almost as many Buddhist and Hindus as there are Muslims.

So tell me again why there should be a major article in a newspaper about a religious holiday in a country where less then 1% of the population follow that religion. It makes even less sense if we take into consideration the percentage of Muslims in The Villages where less than one half of one percent of us are Muslims.

I our almost 250 year history, Islam was hardly noticed and hardly spoken about. Now that we are at war with Muslim based organizations, we suddenly need to learn all about the faith and we need to maker sure that they are welcome.

I do realize that there are many peaceful Muslims that mean us no harm. Perhaps the vast majority of them fall into that category. But they have been here in the country for over 200 years and there was hardy a mention of them. Since 9/11 it seems that they have become more important for some reason.

I honestly don't have any problem with a newspaper that wants to run a story about Islam or Ramadan. My question is why? There are simply not very people interested. It might make sense in some areas of the country where there is a large Muslim population, but why would they do it here?

When the newspaper arrived Mrs Blueash said [name masked] is not going to like this.

I am hoping for a couple sentences for Talk Like a Pirate Day on Sept 19th which is an important date for those who are devotees of the FSM.

I wish to God you were right. I don't think many people could tell you the differences and beliefs of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Taoism, Shinto and Confucianism. In fact many people can't tell you the difference between what a Cistercian Monk and a Jesuit Priest do all day. Or what a Seventh Day Adventist or a Morman believes and does. It is very difficult to know just who is observant in their faith and who is not.

I would say that in the world today, only one religion says that a person should either be observant or dead.

But not all people follow closely the tenants of their faith. Again I say, Thank God.

Aargggghhh. :D

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Did anyone see in the paper about those folks in Manchester last week?