tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post2890155486772095837..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Meat-free Monday?Steve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-50335029439531439692009-06-18T20:05:32.010+02:002009-06-18T20:05:32.010+02:00Hi my name is Riaz and I am a Muslim. i happened t...Hi my name is Riaz and I am a Muslim. i happened to have to recieve your blog site via SAFCEI. i also beleive that you maybe intrested in the opinion of fasting during the week of other religions. as a Muslim we have been encouraged by Our Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H)he used to fast every Monday and Thursday. the fast of a Muslim is abstianance from food altogether from before sunrise to sunset. there have been many benefits mentioned for this practise. I can share a personal incident, my Granny is 85 years old and she has the habit of fasting every Mondays and Thursdays, even today. her health is excellent and she is very fit. she comfortably walks about 1 km daily to and fro from my home to the nearest shopping mall. however, we can discuss many more benefits. i know that in the discourses mentioned in the teachings of Islam we also have taught that the best fast is the fasting of the Prophet David. he fasted one day and the next day he did not, this is very beloved to the Creator.<br /><br />Thank you <br /><br />RiazAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296276857399208531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-21987174839067647032009-06-18T15:29:28.442+02:002009-06-18T15:29:28.442+02:00@ Rock in the Grass: that may be true of many Chri...@ Rock in the Grass: that may be true of many Christians but the same cannot be said of the Orthodox. I am not one of them, but I bow before their superior powers of fasting!<br /><br />Maybe Orthodox practitioners should raise awareness by ticking the special dietary needs box in the event booking form? (Not that I got very far with that when I tried to arrange for my candida diet requirements to be catered for.)Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-48579051252699358772009-06-16T08:56:18.006+02:002009-06-16T08:56:18.006+02:00we Christ-followers are not great at personal spir...we Christ-followers are not great at personal spiritual disciplines - and the Muslims often put us to shame with the observance of the disciplines of fasting and prayer.Rock in the Grass (Pete Grassow)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16908394938958237614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-25953020945117079922009-06-15T19:35:51.718+02:002009-06-15T19:35:51.718+02:00An excellent idea but then again the only meat eat...An excellent idea but then again the only meat eaters in our house are the cats!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.com