I just finished writing "Ramadan stinking month" post that I cam across a Persian blog called Close-Up (persian language) with fascinating, yet depressing photos and story of poor people who line up in front of a mosque to get some soup during Ramadan.
As I wrote in other post this tradition, to give food to strangers called Nazr and they call the food Nazri, one might say a good deed but I call it hand out. In these photos the line is very long and people are very poor, they ask for more soup every time they reach to the man who shares it.
Most of the time they empty their dishes hoping to get some more soup in a next round:
If one have adequate food to eat would they go and beg for food? Or even for more?! What I see here is a group of people cut off from huge wealth of Iran and made them to beg for soup and yet they call it Nazr, good deed, a Ramadan practice to shatter people’s dignity and humiliate their soul, if there is any left out.
Probably now you know why I abhor this mass indoctrination and am in fight with all these religious traditions that enslaves people.
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andrei, romania
Dear Sir,
You are right in this and the previous post, but you have to discern the good things in your tradition, because if you don't do this you will borrow all "good" things from the west when Iran will be free. Leave aside the popular religious practicies, but find out the good side of your tradition.
I pray for you, but you will not be prepared for the liberty even you want it so much. You will realize that after 10 years from your liberty. This is the story of some countries from eastern europe. Please, learn from us.
Hi Andrei
Islam unfortunately shaped our culture badly about 1400 years so first we have to get rid of it and make things right. it has been injected in our veins in past 1400 years like opium, taking it out is painful and hurts.
About this green movement, if you ask me it is far from liberty movement...this is still continuation of Islamic movement.
and please do tell what happened in some of those countries that you are talking about?
You allege that "Islam unfortunately shaped our culture badly about 1400 years so first we have to get rid of it and make things right. it has been injected in our veins in past 1400 years like opium, taking it out is painful and hurts."
And would you care to enlighten all of us why there are long queues of people in Western countries who wait for food???
The West's soup kitchens are famous. These are not connected with any religion, religious event or ceremony.
Stop blaming Islam for everything that you cannot understand.
Poverty existed long before Islam came.
On the contrary, Islam has provided a solution to solve or lessen the effects of poverty by encouraging regular charity.
You only notice it more in Ramadhan because more Muslims are extra-generous during Ramadhan - at the same time, more of the poor people turn out because they know that they will get something to eat because of people's extra-generosity during Ramadhan.
So, again, please explain why the non-Muslim Western countries have long queues????
Mahmud, UK (mahmud@google.com)
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