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Just wondering if anyone has noticed the large numbers of people gathering outside the Carlton Centre on Alpha Street/Choumert Road making huge amounts of noise (including music), or am I the only person who finds this extremely offensive and aggressive behaviour towards local residents?

Doesn't sound like an Eid party to me.


Most of my Moslem (of Moslem cultural backgrounds) friends drink (though, mainly, not to excess) - as a militant atheist of a Christian cultural background, I celebrate Christmas, many non-Moslems celebrate other cultural festivals, such as Eid or Divali, with their friends who do have these festivals in their cultural background.


If Christian cultural festivals were only to be celebrated by fully practicing Christians, shops in the UK would all be bust by now (OK huge generalisation, but most retailers make their profits in November-December) and chocolate sales (Easter) would plummet.


So drinking at an Eid party? - perfectly possible.

It's been like a party (on Saturday Evening) for a number of weeks now.


Hot weather ?



Penguin68 Wrote:

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> Doesn't sound like an Eid party to me.

>

> Most of my Moslem (of Moslem cultural backgrounds)

> friends drink (though, mainly, not to excess) - as

> a militant atheist of a Christian cultural

> background, I celebrate Christmas, many

> non-Moslems celebrate other cultural festivals,

> such as Eid or Divali, with their friends who do

> have these festivals in their cultural

> background.

>

> If Christian cultural festivals were only to be

> celebrated by fully practicing Christians, shops

> in the UK would all be bust by now (OK huge

> generalisation, but most retailers make their

> profits in November-December) and chocolate sales

> (Easter) would plummet.

>

> So drinking at an Eid party? - perfectly possible.

Yes, there are many that drink, but I assure you that it wouldn't happen at an Islamic gathering; particularly one that celebrates the most important occasion!


Besides, the ones that are not fully practising try to take part in religious events by adopting the "spirit" of the event and would respect the cultural norms. So unless they are an alcoholic I'm sure they would put down their drink for a few hours....



Penguin68 Wrote:

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> Doesn't sound like an Eid party to me.

>

> Most of my Moslem (of Moslem cultural backgrounds)

> friends drink (though, mainly, not to excess) - as

> a militant atheist of a Christian cultural

> background, I celebrate Christmas, many

> non-Moslems celebrate other cultural festivals,

> such as Eid or Divali, with their friends who do

> have these festivals in their cultural

> background.

>

> If Christian cultural festivals were only to be

> celebrated by fully practicing Christians, shops

> in the UK would all be bust by now (OK huge

> generalisation, but most retailers make their

> profits in November-December) and chocolate sales

> (Easter) would plummet.

>

> So drinking at an Eid party? - perfectly possible.

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