Archive for October 30th, 2008
Poland’s Muslim community in a 96% Catholic country
Came across this article on Muslims celebrating Eid in Poland. Apparently Muslims only consist of 0.07% of the whole population. Also mentions Ahmadis which number just 30 in Warsaw. In case you haven’t heard of Poland it’s a country in Central Europe bordered with Germany, Czech, Slovakia etc. Poland was heavily involved in World War II losing 6 million people.
Muslims all over the world finished their month-long Ramadan fast
with Eid ul-Fitr, the feast and celebration. For a month, Muslims
should not eat from sunrise to sunset. Then, a holiday similar to the
Christian Mardi Gras takes place and Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated with joy
and jubilation.While a small minority group, Muslims have been active in Poland
since the 14 century, when Tartars settled in the Poland-Lithuania
Commonwealth. Under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Tartars were, in
exchange for military service, able to freely practice Islam.The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth granted the Tartar communities,
numbering approximately 17,000 for a total population of 8 million in
the 17 century, internal autonomy and the freedom to practice their
religion. Additionally, the May Constitution granted Tartars
representation in the lower house of parliament, the Sejm.This population, known as the Lipka Tartars, enjoyed their freedoms
and formulated a distinctly Central European Muslim culture. They also
gradually integrated into Polish society, so much so, that in the early
part of the twentieth century, when Poles were mass-migrating west, a
significant portion of this population joined them, opening a mosque in
Brooklyn that is still active today.
Read the rest here.
Toyota Vitz 2004 Over Drive (O/D)
So I came across this picture on Pakwheels explaining what the OD (Over Drive) is for, in Toyota Vitz 2004 automatic.
