Nothing of the sort happened to me; the only such thing that my folks ever did was using some sort of a ring-shaped-pillow made out of rice to support & shape my head - Apparently thats what the women here did to ensure that the head doesn't develop into that oblong shaped thing that it is &...
I think both @Chinese-Dragon & You misunderstood one another - No need to fight over it ! :)
Though he is correct - Its none of our business just as our internal affairs are none of their business !
Haahaa ! :lol:
Had you talked to me about anything 'religious' back when I was an atheist I would've probably degenerated into 'abuses' - Thats how much moronic, barbaric & idiotic I had come to think 'religion' was !
But God works in mysterious ways....I suppose ! :)
Yeah I was almost 'religiously atheistic' ! :lol:
And that brought me to Philosophy & ironically enough an Atheist's arguments made me believe in God again ! :D
And remarkably so much of the brilliance that I found in reading the Philosophical works of some of the best mind's ever produced...
So far as I know the way they used to do in the time of the Prophet (PBUH) was to determine the start or end of a month through the sighting of the 'moon' !
What some of our people don't realize is that where could've the early Muslims brought a meteorologist to tell them about the movement of...
The Islamic Calender is Lunar whereas the Gregorian Calender is Solar i.e based on the movement of the Moon & the Sun respectively - So Ramazan (a Month) starts or ends according to the movement of the 'moon' !
Bhai humein tou hasrat hi rahiii hai that the PN names any of her ships after me as 'The Butt' - I dunno when will this desire be fulfilled ! :(
Mushkil...mushkil 'arabic-renditions' as names lei aateiii hain pur apneiii isss 'uncut diamond' ko lift hi nahin ! :disagree: