Pepto-Abysmal

Strange goings on at the Mosque. I got annoyed for the first time and almost called someone a git. The bloke kept pushing really hard and it took all my strength to stop myself from pushing into people in front of me.

There were a couple of people with weird writing on their tops. One had 'TiT' written on the back of his sweatshirt. I'm sure he doesn't know what it means. If he does then I don't think it's funny. Another person had 'PMSL' on their top in great big white capital lettering. He must know what that means.

I quite like the shaved head look. Everybody looks at you with respect because they know you've just done an Umrah. Don't think I'll stick with it in the UK though. I look as though I've escaped from an Asylum.

The Security team don't seem to mind if people take pics with mobile phones - probably because it would be too difficult to police. BUT if you take a proper compact camera/slr/video camera, they get all stressed out and annoyed.

Ah diddums.

While taking some pics yesterday evening after Maghrib, some self righteous doo gooder fellow pilgrim spoke in Urdu saying it's wrong to take pics. I just pretended to not understand him and carried on.

Why is it so wrong? And if it's so wrong, why do the Authorities allow people to take pictures? It'd be foolish to say that they allow it because it would be difficult to police. If something is haram, it would be avoided/got rid of, no matter how difficult the task.

If anything, I think taking pics should be encouraged. These photos/videos can be shared with the rest of the world. Show Muslims who haven't gone what it's like and show non-muslims pics and videos to help them understand more.

The more people learn about Islam - the proper Islam, not any one particular strand, the more they'll grow to understand, appreciate and respect it... Or so the theory goes.

Here endeth the sermon.

Amen.

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