FARK.com: (7231510) It really sucks if you're a Muslim Olympic athlete trying to observe the fast of Ramadan while also competing in the Summer Games. "I think that God will help us on the day of the games"

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		It really sucks if you're a Muslim Olympic athlete trying to observe the fast of Ramadan while also competing in the Summer Games. "I think that God will help us on the day of the games" (asiaone.com)		27
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Beaver1224		2012-07-25 09:03:46 AM

The Koran specifically lists traveling as an exemption and several clerics have stated that they're ok to break the fast for the Olympics. So this only really sucks for a Muslim Olympic athlete if they choose to make it suck?

I'm ok with this.

give me doughnuts		2012-07-25 09:14:25 AM

Allah's medal count is pretty lame so far. I don't think it is going to make much difference if you've had a falafel. or not.

Dead for Tax Reasons		2012-07-25 09:42:28 AM

Fasting makes you faster, right?

Just hit the buffet hard before sunrise and they'll be good to go

Jubeebee		2012-07-25 10:01:25 AM

Morocco's men's football team have pledged to fast during the Olympics despite a request from their Dutch coach Pim Verbeek.
"We must fast because this is an obligation and I think that God will help us on the day of the games," said Morocco's Atletico Madrid-bound goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou.

On game day he said, "God be praised for these water coolers filled with protein drinks."

Mugato		2012-07-25 10:09:59 AM

Yeah, God has a vested interest in your performance at the Olympics. Billions of planets in billions of galaxies in the universe and He gives a shiat about how well you perform in.... whatever event it is you do.

/sick of sports people yelling at God
//unless God has money on the game

give me doughnuts		2012-07-25 10:12:23 AM

Jubeebee: Morocco's men's football team have pledged to fast during the Olympics despite a request from their Dutch coach Pim Verbeek.
"We must fast because this is an obligation and I think that God will help us on the day of the games," said Morocco's Atletico Madrid-bound goalkeeper, Yassine Bounou.

On game day he said, "God be praised for these water coolers filled with protein drinks."

Except that they aren't supposed to drink water during the day, either.

Jubeebee		2012-07-25 10:23:39 AM

give me doughnuts: Except that they aren't supposed to drink water during the day, either.

I did not know that. Do you think the restriction applies to all the saline IVs that these players will need after they pass out from playing soccer in August without being able to drink anything?

IAmRight		2012-07-25 11:11:04 AM

Because Morocco was going to go really far in the tournament even with proper nutrition.

mamoru		2012-07-25 11:12:37 AM

Mugato: Yeah, God has a vested interest in your performance at the Olympics. Billions of planets in billions of galaxies in the universe and He gives a shiat about how well you perform in.... whatever event it is you do.

/sick of sports people yelling at God
//unless God has money on the game

Besides, everyone knows that the only football God cares about is the game where you use your hands to catch the ball!

OtherLittleGuy		2012-07-25 11:29:27 AM

Agrees:

Arkanaut		2012-07-25 11:31:30 AM

OtherLittleGuy: Agrees:

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Hey, Koufax didn't pitch at all on Yom Kippur. Olympic athletes don't get the option to sit out their competition.

Lawnchair		2012-07-25 11:34:01 AM

Jubeebee: I did not know that. Do you think the restriction applies to all the saline IVs that these players will need after they pass out from playing soccer in August without being able to drink anything?

The Olympic tourney looks like it will be more like in the upper 60s, so the soccer players might do okay being strictly superstitious. The marathoners, not so much.

Rapmaster2000		2012-07-25 11:42:09 AM

It also sucks if you choose to eat a bowl of thumbtacks. We all make our choices.

Why Would I Read the Article		2012-07-25 12:06:25 PM

So much for the religion of peas, eh?

The Third Man		2012-07-25 12:11:08 PM

Hashim Amla of the South African cricket team decided to observe the Ramadan fast during their match against England last week. It certainly affected him a lot...all he did was break the all-time South African scoring record and lead the team to their first win in England in years.

CCCarnie		2012-07-25 12:44:50 PM

It's a bit risky to hope God will help you out. He's not always in the helping mood when it comes to sports. Ask Stevie Johnson.

ltdanman44		2012-07-25 12:55:44 PM

God works in mysterious, ineffective and breathtakingly cruel ways

Spade		2012-07-25 01:24:45 PM

Dead for Tax Reasons: Fasting makes you faster, right?

Just hit the buffet hard before sunrise and they'll be good to go

Yeah, I don't get the concern. It's isn't like they're not eating at all for thirty days.

Tickle Mittens		2012-07-25 02:28:55 PM

ltdanman44: [sonic.net image 275x441]

God works in mysterious, ineffective and breathtakingly cruel ways

Pictures like that are why I chose to be born where there was food.

Brubold		2012-07-25 06:34:59 PM

Ramadan, in which Muslims refrain from dawn until sunset from eating, drinking, and sexual relations, as well as, generally sinful speech and behavior.

So basically if you skip lunch you're fasting by that definition. Yeah, sounds like a real challenge.

Second Try		2012-07-25 07:59:27 PM

Well, think twice before joining some arab heresy.

Tachypnea		2012-07-25 09:26:01 PM

There are many reasons why it would be ok to not fast during Ramadan. People who are pregnant, nursing or are sick do not have to fast, however if they are very devout they will try and make up for it by fasting when they are able too. It would certainly make sense then that an athlete would be able to be exempt so to speak from fasting during the Olympics, if he/she were to fast afterwards to make up for however many days they did not fast for.

Also I apologize for what may be a wall of text, posting from my phone while at work.

legion_of_doo		2012-07-25 09:43:28 PM

Because the world is against Islam, and we made the Olympics to confound Muslims, and the West sucks, and deserves to die.

/the end

macadamnut		2012-07-25 09:55:50 PM

/undisturbed by your lack of faith

macadamnut		2012-07-25 09:57:14 PM

The Third Man: Hashim Amla of the South African cricket team decided to observe the Ramadan fast during their match against England last week. It certainly affected him a lot...all he did was break the all-time South African scoring record and lead the team to their first win in England in years.

Damn it, one of these days I'll start reading these threads.