Respect
October 10, 2004 | Aussie Dave | Comments 2
The Sauds have issued a warning to foreigners to respect their holy month of Ramadan.
Saudi Arabia warned foreign residents Wednesday they must respect a prohibition on eating, drinking and smoking* in public during daylight hours in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
* I assume it is ok for a foreigner’s charred remains to be smoking.
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I was thinking of Yom Kippur…
Of course, Muslims require others to respect Ramadan, e.g. by not fighting – even though they themselves are not prevented from fighting during Ramadan.
There was an interesting article in this vein on LGF today: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=13092_John_Quincy_Adams_Knew_Jihad