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Channel 4 To Air Muslim Namaz Call Ramadan Why Object

Channel 4 is planning to air the Muslim Prayer call Namaz on 9 July, 2013, the beginning of the month of Ramadan.

Muslims seem to object it on the ground that it is "divisive"(?)

'Why do I dislike the idea so much? Because I think it is deeply divisive. Because far from making Muslims feel part of the community, it is actually using a sacred custom as a cheap device for cocking a snook at the rest of us.....

Next Tuesday, July 9, is the first day of Ramadan. It is the month of the year when Muslims fast. From sunrise to sundown they are not allowed to swallow food.

It is similar to the Christian season of Lent, in which the faithful are supposed to focus their thoughts more sharply on God and the things of the spirit by an ethos of discipline.

My Dying Words

Who is not afraid of death?

Those who reply in the negative are lying.

It is fear of Pain that might accompany death that is more disconcerting more than the fear of the Unknown.

Does my Life end here?

For that matter what is Life?

What have I done with/in my life?

have I loved some body?

If so, have I been found wanting in that?

Do I meet up with those whom I have loved and who had departed before me?

Would i curse who have not helped me?

Would I get food?

Would people, especially my children, remember Me?

Is there a God?

Would He punish me?

Would I be reborn?

If so, would i be born as an animal to suffer?

Would I be wandering body-less in between my death and the time before i am reborn and where?

Would my philosophical musings help?

Shankaracharya says 'No"