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Post by k5125 on Jul 10, 2005 14:07:29 GMT -5
I thought they do. But someone told me they don't because the Jews do it and they want to be opposite of the jew. (I think thats BS though).
Male circumcision is an Abrahamic tradition among both muslims and jews is it not?
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Post by murphee on Jul 10, 2005 14:20:57 GMT -5
It is a commonality to religious members of both groups, same with avoiding pork.
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Post by yigal on Jul 10, 2005 22:11:43 GMT -5
It is a commonality to religious members of both groups, same with avoiding pork. i think there is a very common misconception, Kashrut is more than just avoiding pork, and pork and say rabbit are equally as "bad" as is say catfish and a cheeseburger is worse than both, infact even say buying a cheese burger for a friend is as bad as say eating pork, as is eating say a slice of pizza cooked in average joes pizzeria evben if its plain |
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Post by murphee on Jul 10, 2005 22:45:01 GMT -5
Yes, I know about Kashrut--prohibition against mixing meat and dairy, eating scallops, catfish, etc.
Since my twenties, now almost for 30 years, I have followed a more strict version: avoidance of all meat, eggs, fish, shellfish, chicken etc. (Vedic vegetarian)
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Post by murphee on Jul 10, 2005 22:46:04 GMT -5
Do Muslims avoid shellfish, catfish, lobster, etc. as do observant Jews?
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Post by Mike the Jedi on Jul 10, 2005 23:15:38 GMT -5
Don't you somedays just want to say "to hell with it" and eat a nice juicy steak? Mmmm... steak...
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Post by murphee on Jul 10, 2005 23:40:11 GMT -5
No.  I am utterly repulsed by the thought, the smell, the idea of meat. I also like how my diet has slowed the aging process, IMO. I appear closer to age 30 than 50. (I am 49.) |
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Post by Bar Amru on Jul 11, 2005 0:41:10 GMT -5
Muslims do practice circumcision, and they do believe in it a lot to the point if you're not circumcised then you're not considered a Muslim.
As for their Kosher meats (La7am 7alal), they do avoid Pork but their laws are not as hard as the Jewish laws, for example they can eat any fish in the sea (Even Sharks), but anything other then fish in the sea is not allowed, however I'm not too sure cause I remember Southern Iraqis used to eat Shrimp a lot.
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Post by ohes on Jul 11, 2005 1:49:38 GMT -5
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Post by Ponto Hardbottle on Jul 11, 2005 4:01:42 GMT -5
Circumcizion is part of being a Muslim, there are references to it in the Quran. The difference is that muslims don't circumcize infants but boys.
Muslims follow food prohibitions similar to Mosaic law. There are differences but many similarities.
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Post by nockwasright on Jul 11, 2005 4:07:21 GMT -5
This prince seems to care for his phrenulum
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Post by Ponto Hardbottle on Jul 11, 2005 5:48:13 GMT -5
Maybe in America where infants are circumcized they lose their frenulum but it does not have to be removed to achieve compliance with antique religious law. The boy probably knows something bad is going to happen to him. Australian Aborigines circumcize using a stone knife.
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Post by Sharmaarkee on Jul 11, 2005 9:48:08 GMT -5
Muslims do practice circumcision, and they do believe in
Muslims do circumsize as it is Sunnah (highly prefered) but without it it does not make you non-muslim.
As for fish any seafood is permissible whether shrimps,lobsters,seal,sea lion,octopus etc
But there are different cultures in the muslim world who tend to be selective.
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Post by Mike the Jedi on Jul 11, 2005 9:51:08 GMT -5
I say circumcise them when they're infants so they don't have to remember the dreadful experience.
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Post by Tautamus on Jul 11, 2005 10:08:08 GMT -5
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I am utterly repulsed by the thought, the smell, the idea of meat. 
