Royal Holloway ISOC

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bansheeee*

oh no ,not another muslim uni!(no offence)

Who here is talking about a MUSLIM uni? All societies are present at uni and we are talking about the Islamic Society so what is the big deal about that?

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yeah i think loads of people beganramadhan today(i'm already craving tea!!!)....though i heard that a lot of people from preston started yesterday.

and banshee* how can that not be offensive? :s-smilie:

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I sent them an email and got a reply wishing me Ramadan Mubarak and telling me about some of the things they'll be doing throughout the year. It sounds really good, I'll be joining. The Psychology society is good too; I got two emails from them haha, they're super friendly. :smile:

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what's the isoc's email ad????i havent seen anything on the SURHUL site...

oh and some people, inc me, were wondering what the isocs like (in terms of left or right) and my friend, who has a few friends here at RH, told me its wuite liberal and nothing to worry about!(unlike queen mary's which apprently has a really weird isoc)

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^I went on the student union page or something like that where it has a list of the society's and their email addresses. I emailed a few that I was interested in asking for more info on the society and they were all really helpful! :]
Here's the ISOCs email: [email protected]

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oohkay!thanks

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RoyalHollowayHopefully

I sent them an email and got a reply wishing me Ramadan Mubarak and telling me about some of the things they'll be doing throughout the year. It sounds really good, I'll be joining. The Psychology society is good too; I got two emails from them haha, they're super friendly. :smile:

Wow!! SubhanAllah!! I didn't get a single email let alone a ramadan mubarak greeting!

The Islamic Society at Royal Holloway had a website but its down for the last couple of weeks! I know most of the brothers and sisters from QM ISOC and to be honest, i don't find anything weird about their ISOC. But we'll just have to see inshaAllah how the ISOC at RHUL is from a first hand experience. :yep:

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Cheers for the ISOC email addy man!

BTW, Ramadan Mubarak to everyone here!!

InshaAllah see you all at UNI! Oh i feel soooooo big and grown up!!!!!:P:P:P

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wellerism

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Ramadan Mubarak!

Im not muslim but im interested in it, anyone tell me the meaning of ramadan?
broaden the views of a anglican christain someone :biggrin:

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merci wellerism.

if you mean the meaning as in etmyology/name origin, the word is from an Arabic word for intense heat, scorched ground, and shortness of rations....

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wellerism

Ramadan Mubarak!

Im not muslim but im interested in it, anyone tell me the meaning of ramadan?
broaden the views of a anglican christain someone :biggrin:

Ramadan is the month of fasting, you don't eat anything after the sun rises until the sun sets.

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wellerism

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RoyalHollowayHopefully

Ramadan is the month of fasting, you don't eat anything after the sun rises until the sun sets.

But why the fast? and why the rule involving the sun?

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Well ramadan is a very holy month in the Islamic calender. It is a month where no food is allowed from the sun rise till the sun sets. This is to experience what the less fortunate human beings faces in countries such as Somali or Sudan.

There is a thing called 'sehri' which is basically eating before the sun rises. You may know that us muslims have 5 daily prayers, and the first one is just before sunrise. So we eat sehri before the 1st prayer begins. When the sun sets, we have our 4th prayer called 'maghrib'. When the sun sets we eat 'iftar' which is to break the fast.

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^Yeah in about 4 minutes, the fast is going to open lol. I'm starving!

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RoyalHollowayHopefully

^I went on the student union page or something like that where it has a list of the society's and their email addresses. I emailed a few that I was interested in asking for more info on the society and they were all really helpful! :]
Here's the ISOCs email: [email protected]

do you know if the isoc will be having communal iftaars, i.e. breaking our fasts all together???

ohmg i really donmt want to wake up for sehri alone :frown:

thats going to be sooooo lonely unless theres other muslims in my hall/floor.

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I'm sure they will, i might come to the iftaars some time as well insha'Allah.

You'll make friends man, don't be so negative!

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lol i didnt mean to sound negative!!!
(ive just realised i come across sooo cynical/negative/pessimistic on tsr when im nt like that at all. meh!)

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OP

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So when are you moving out to campus?

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