Eid: The First Few Hours

It's Eid.

Snippets from tonight's takbir session in and around a certain small town:

It's the second house of the night, and outside, not far off a group of youngsters (mostly in their late teens) gather under a stall. Closer inspection reveals that they are having a sort of inpromptu barbeque, with more people joining them as the hour passes.

Someone inside the house comments on their feast. "Hedonists," he says, a note of finality evident in his voice. "What can we do," asks another, "when they want to have fun with everything?".

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Sometime later:

"...and the sad thing is, they persist in putting up those damned lights outside their houses! If the Hindus don't do it, why should we Muslims? Don't they know what the rules are about that?" This is answered by a general murmur of agreement. "It's like that fish story:" someone answers. "When it goes bad, it starts at the head."

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Finally:

They agree to send the document for photocopying, and then it's to be distributed at the local suraus and mosques. Three new fatwas that not many people know about. "It's about time," someone says. "Thank God we're in Perak."

I learn something new every day, in addition to also getting told very specifically what kind of person I'm NOT to bring back home, ever.

I think, being a Singleton should suit me for just a little longer.