Eid Mubarak

To all people like me who thought this had to do with Hosni Mubarak / have no idea what this means:

 

I didn't, but until (Marc)'s intervention I thought it was that ******* in Libya, who is finally gonna die.

 

Toga

To any Hedonists out there, reading this, Toga.

 

Ignorance on the part of readers.

 

Ignorance. It's scary how many people respond incredibly negatively to anything islam-related due to the association with terrorism.

I'm a staunch atheist and am generally anti-religion but downvoting someone for saying "merry christmas" is frankly ridiculous, just as downvoting you was.

 

Speaking of which, I was in Malaysia in 1979 when the Eid ul-Fitr celebrations started (it's known in southeast Asia as the Hari Raya).

It was nearly impossible to buy a lot of foods because this is a major festival in that country. Going to night markets in Penang, the streets were absolutely packed with people doing shopping for this celebration.