Double Trouble

[spogmai shaglay]

^ohh... I wonder why 12th of august... the rest of the world started on 11th. USA started on 11th too.

i too am wondering after what u said now.... i think in pakistan too it started in 12th of August....and Saudi is always a day ahead than us...

[Feroza_Banu]

^lol pakistan is an exceptional case. they refer to their own moon - as tor khan brother pointed out.

not just saudi, the whole world started on 11th except pak and india... it was officially announced on bbc, cnn and all other news channels lol

[spogmai shaglay]

^lol pakistan is an exceptional case. they refer to their own moon - as tor khan brother pointed out.

not just saudi, the whole world started on 11th except pak and india... it was officially announced on bbc, cnn and all other news channels lol

interesting, isnt it?? Pakistan and India agreeing on a point....Mulanas here have direct contact with the moon.....and dont forget the Mulana's partooq...lol

Feroza before I commit suicide due to confusion when is eid for me if I live in nyc?

Shlombay... please, we wish to celebrate eid in peace....lol.. so cancel ur program as for now.....

[Feroza_Banu]

^Shlombay ... it is on friday for everyone in US...

[Feroza_Banu]

interesting, isnt it?? Pakistan and India agreeing on a point....Mulanas here have direct contact with the moon.....and dont forget the Mulana's partooq...lol



Shlombay... please, we wish to celebrate eid in peace....lol.. so cancel ur program as for now.....

LOL this maulana line of yours is epic lol

[Levanaye Zalmaye]

tor_khan,

Even in Pakistan, it's not a collective story. Varying factions go for Eid separately. Peshawar is often out of sync with the rest of the country. But across the country, people want to celebrate Eid with their families, and I have known people in Pindi celebrating Eid on the day that Peshawar has declared Eid whilst everyone else was fasting. Across the country the sad thing is they can't even get together behind each other for Eid - Palwasha - living in England, you'll know how for you it might be Eid, but for your neighbours, they are waiting for news to come from Pakistan or their Grand Pir (a day later). Hardly a model example.

The people of Pashtunkhwa (north and south) celebrate Akhtar a day before Pakistan. There are geographic reasons for this. This has become a bit of a joke for Pakistanis. They think of Pashtuns are simpletons who are always in a hurry. They also say that Pashtuns have no patience when it comes to anything, including sex. So they combine everything and say:

"ha ha ha, yes they're celebrating it a day before because they can't control it. Ha ha Pakistan won the 20-20 World Cup but it was celebrated in Peshawar a day before ha ha. Get it?"

The general perception in Pakistan is that stupid Pashtuns celebrate Eid on the last day of Ramzan. Bewakuf Pathans. When will they learn? It's mocked as the "Pathano wali Eid"/The Pashtuns' Eid.

India and Pakistan together tend to agree on Eid and this perhaps describes more about shared roots of most the Muslims therein.

Yes. The natural boundary between India and the rest of Asia is Pashtunkhwa, not Wagah.

On a similar note, if you want peace and progress in South Asia - about time it happened - then begin with what you agree with - I think India and Pakistan should start their political rapprochement dialogues at the end of Ramadhan.

Perhaps we should have a thread on Pakistan-India relations. I'm a self-proclaimed expert on the matter. I carry around a trumpet in my violin case.

[tor_khan]

Yes. The natural boundary between India and the rest of Asia is Pashtunkhwa, not Wagah.

Perhaps we should have a thread on Pakistan-India relations. I'm a self-proclaimed expert on the matter. I carry around a trumpet in my violin case.

Lewaneya ... your wit and your sense of irony, makes me smile ... You carry a trumpet in your violin case.

The mock display of aggression at Wagah is a peacock dance ... the Panjabee Sikhs in their uniforms, the Panjabee Muslims in theirs. They are the same people you know, right down to how they wear their beards. In fact one day they could get up to mischief, swap uniforms and no-one would know the difference.

[Feroza_Banu]

i don't get the wagah dance... i can't help but giggle... i have genuinely tried to take it seriously whenever i have seen it but it just makes me giggle like a little girl...

and their "moochain" makes me giggle even more...

[Dukemina]

To make life easier just follow whatever your masjid is doing.

[PFgulalai]

tor_khan,


The general perception in Pakistan is that stupid Pashtuns celebrate Eid on the last day of Ramzan. Bewakuf Pathans. When will they learn? It's mocked as the "Pathano wali Eid"/The Pashtuns' Eid.
Yes. The natural boundary between India and the rest of Asia is Pashtunkhwa, not Wagah.

Spot on Zalmaye! LOL

Pashtuns not celebrating Eid with the rest of Pakistan is a frustrating issue for a lot of patriotic Pakistanis.On average we have three eids in KP: Afghan refugees celebrate it with Afghanistan (first day); Pakistani patriotic Pashtuns celebrate it with the rest of the Pakistan (3rd day); and the rest of the Pashtuns (including me) celebrate it on second day or any other day when Pakistan is not celebrating,lol.

Yes. The natural boundary between India and the rest of Asia is Pashtunkhwa, not Wagah.

Precisely! Hence our countless referendums by celebrating eid on a different day than the rest of the Pakistan. Even our kallay moollah says that Mufti Muneeb ur rehman is Pakistani Moon spotter who does the moonsighting with sayeence (science) and hence not authentic evidence. I agree with him,lol