{"id":1231,"date":"2005-10-04T09:38:13","date_gmt":"2005-10-04T08:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogistan.co.uk\/ijwp\/mt.php\/2005\/10\/04\/what_comes_of_starting_ramadan_too_early"},"modified":"2025-10-11T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:59:54","slug":"what_comes_of_starting_ramadan_too_early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogistan.co.uk\/blog\/mt.php\/2005\/10\/04\/what_comes_of_starting_ramadan_too_early","title":{"rendered":"What comes of starting Ramadan too early …"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, OK, so some people may have less sympathetic assessments of this excuse for a poem<\/a> at Muslim Wake Up:<\/p>\n

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Ramadan is an annoying guest\nwho comes too often and stays too long\n(Him again? Isn't it too early?)\nbut you can't say so because\nhe's an old friend of the family,\ngoes back a long way and\nit wouldn't be polite, and so\nyear after year\nyou put up with his coming:\nthe cheery announcement that makes you grouse,\nthe inconvenient hours,\nthe special foods and services he needs,\nall the headaches\nhe gives you ...<\/pre>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nOne thing I notice about this poem is that, even though some people may not entirely look forward to the coming of Ramadan (hey, you have to get up before<\/em> fajr and not just half an hour before sunrise!), there’s one sentiment I often get which Mohja Kahf seems not to, which is that I always miss it when it’s gone.  After Ramadan finishes, eating during the day feels unnatural.  To say nothing of the community spirit and the “special food” she only sees fit to moan about.<\/p>\n
And has anyone else been able to kick a bad food habit during Ramadan?  I can’t even remember what it was now, but I remember that one year I had a real food addiction and would eat whatever it was pretty much any time I passed the shop.  And after Ramadan finished I didn’t go back to them – at least, not in anything like the quantity I ate before.  It teaches you discipline, that you can go without that muffin or that latte.  And if you’re not spending it on junk food, you’ve got more money to spend on other things.<\/p>\n
Not that these are the most important blessings of Ramadan, but it’s really bad form to moan as if it really was just a painful, periodical annoyance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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