<p>Only in East Malaysia is Easter a public holiday, but in West Malaysia, mission schools inclined to do so will make use of their extra holiday day (all schools get to add one more holiday day to the school calender at their discretion)to take Easter off.</p>
<p>Anyway, as is the greeting in Malaysia, heres wishing all Muslims here a 'Selamat Hari Raya Haji' :D</p>
<p>Eid Mubarak! I think Virginia is celebrating Eid tomorrow.. fun stuff! I'm going to school, but my parents are getting a cow. It's going to be sweet... I prefer lamb though</p>
<p>The Malaysian embassy here (hi, viceice) will receive a goat today or tomorrow. Last like year. Only this time I don't think we'll actually KEEP the goat for a few days at the embassy. Yay! (Cause it smelled really bad...what with the open truck they bought it in and the rain/snow/sleet...wet smelly goat...)</p>
<p>Eiiiiiiiiiiiid Mubharak!</p>
<p>got to the mosque late today and it was full. Had to pray outside in the bitter cold</p>
<p>dcfca, I'm sorry for that. It's pretty chilly here. <em>hands you hot chocolate</em> Yummy in the tummy...</p>
<p>I went to fairplex, caught the second prayer, went to bc cafe for lunch, then bowling, such a nice day.</p>
<p>man!! look at the first page of la times, california section, inland empire edition. my sisters on the first page!! the name of ellaboudy is known!!</p>
<p>ann arbor news had an article on the front page, didn't really phrase parts of it well... "As a major feast in the Islamic year, Eid al-Adha commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham in other religious contexts) to sacrifice his son Isma'il (Ishmael) to God. " ... kinda sounds weird. i dunno, maybe it's just me.</p>
<p>Well, the content under your quote is accurate, and I dont see it as offensive.</p>
<p>Yeeeaaaah uh I missed the whole "celebration" cuz I was taking an AP Biology test.. all the kids who celebrate it missed it cuz of exams... how lame is our school. 2 weeks off for xmas and not even a day for this. This guy said he would not go if she gave him a makeup biology test, so he didn't go because she said she would..and the last makeup test, the science team captain got a 30. :( They are insanely hard. MAY GOD forgive me </p>
<p>I just didn't go to school... tests can be done later.</p>
<p>Yeah, it is accurate, but it just seemed weird to see it without the rest of the story... eh, whatever.</p>
<p>sydney, in your other post you said you are white. Are you a convert?</p>
<p>Haha, why can't whites be born Muslim? Why is it that when we see a white Muslim, we assume they had converted?</p>
<p>Nah, I was born muslim... my mom converted though.</p>
<p>Ah, nice. So do you pray 5 times a day?</p>
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<p>LOL its just that white Muslims are so rare.</p>
<p>Totally, just like white Hindus as well or Japanese Jews.</p>
<p>Japanese Jew? Heh, that's not only rare... I believe the term is 'nonexistent'! However, white muslims are actually much more common these days.</p>