so, in a few villages in the galilee that have christian populations, they celebrated eid as-salib (festival of the cross) on thursday night, adding to the start of ramadan and rosh hashanah. it basically involved every christian family in the town setting off fireworks until 2 in the morning, successfully disturbing the sleep of its residents, and muslim neighbors breaking fast. it also involved at least five bonfires on the hillside that i could see, and my landlord firing 8-10 rounds from his shotgun into the air, ignoring the fact that bullets come down.
it is celebrated because when the people were searching for the cross upon which jesus was crucified, they agreed that whoever found it would light a fire.
side effects of celebrating eid as-salib include loss of hearing and mild to severe sulfur burns.
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Hi,
I read on your blog that you went to Qasid...
Regarding the hijab policy, they don't have that anymore, and I think it was originally an outside pressure thing.
At any rate, the new campus is full of people from different backgrounds and seems to be very efficient and inviting. Not much different than a secular university environment, and very diverse.
Abdullah Anik Misra
misra_g AT yahoo.com
The new campus that is in the mall? How does that work then? Have they separated their religious students from their secular students? Or have they completely moved the classes to Mukhtar Mall?
What about the old building then that they got the big new doors for? Do you go up there at all? Do they still have any classes there?
lol
nice article :)
but it should be written as Eid Al-Salib
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