I ask this as I recalled in one of my travels to Turkey, in a region called Mercin (Where it is as Hot as Puerto Rico) women wearing light clothing and veils. It was like being in Latin America, except everyone was covered and Muslim LOL. Anywho, do you think Climate affects how, when, where you practice in a very meaningful way? Or it affects minimally? Do you think the existing culture also influences the practice?
Your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Muslimah
2006-10-29 01:18:22 · 13 answers · asked by . 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(light clothing means not heavy materials.... The materials are cotton, and very light weight, but please stick to the question :) That was just an example!
Thanks!
2006-10-29 01:33:31 · update #1
Yes I think it does. If people are attuned to their surroundings and I don't see how they couldn't be, the environment is the medium they exist in. SO their thoughts are a result of that.
2006-10-29 01:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Climate and geography can help shape certain religious practices, after all most practices and beliefs are born out of necessity to understand and adapt to a particular environment.
Culture can also have significant effects on the practice, as normally the details and the implementation are derived from the particular culture's norms, values and beliefs.
2006-10-29 01:29:00 · answer #2 · answered by betterdeadthansorry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Woohoo! I get to spout stuff from my thesis! (hee)
I've mostly been researching older religions, but that can apply here as well. I've actually found a pretty distinct pattern in that nature-based religions tend to come out of colder climates (paganism in the British isles, Odinism, etc.) and the warmer it gets, the more people-based and personal the religions get, down to native religions of the West Indies and Africa where personal magic is important and India's mentally-based Hinduism and Buddhism.
Where this connection comes in, precisely, I haven't yet figured out. But it's an interesting trend.
2006-10-29 01:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by angk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Environment plays a great role in how and where and when we worship because we humans are very sensitive to the weather. I live in Southeast Texas. It is always humid and rainy here, and in the summer time the heat index can get to as high as 110 degrees. Consequently, I have to adjust my manner of dress to compensate. Air conditioning at church is a must. Casual dress is encouraged. God is not so mindful as what a person wears to church as he is of what is in a person's heart.
2006-10-29 01:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by Preacher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was these good folks who invented religion... they could not explain the big, scary things in life (like birth, death, storms, etc.), so developed tales to explain them and rituals that gave them a sense of control over uncontrollable situations. I'm sure these folks believed in an afterlife. No one likes to think of their loved ones as being just gone. The tales got out of hand and now we have religions and people killing each other over what they believe.
2016-05-22 05:05:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I think it does..
I'm muslim too and when I used to live in India, we always used to hear the azaan there so we didn't forget to pray most of the time. But here in Canada, u don't hear the azaan, we just have a prayer schedule from the mosque so sometimes we do forget :( ..
2006-10-29 01:21:30 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ Lady in Pink ♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it does not and now in this scientific era , we should not even think about such primitive beliefs....today before we blindly start believing some thing, we must start using our brains to think a big WHY ????? behind it.......and if there is no logical or reasonable cause behind it, just forget about it and don't waste your time.
2006-10-29 01:29:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes! climate,n environment does....
but i have experienced in clothing,in religious practice i didn't(as shouldn't be :))....
like in KAABA,haram...one can clearly distinguish ppl from different regions on the way they have covered their body.except clothing,nothing comes up in my mind...sorry
2006-10-29 01:15:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Islam is Islam without fashion
How come they wear light clothes
May be they are modern Muslims
2006-10-29 01:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by evening_dewpoint 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i wouldn't say climate does, but environment one lives in certainly does
EDIT: there is no such term as ''modern muslim'' ......... either u're one or u're not
2006-10-29 01:22:54 · answer #10 · answered by Regina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋