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Arabia
Respect Ramadan...or else!
2005-10-02
The Interior Ministry yesterday called upon non-Muslim residents to respect Ramadan, which is likely to start on Tuesday, by refraining from eating and drinking in public places during fasting hours. In a statement issued yesterday, the ministry warned that violators would face deterrent punishment including deportation. The ministry urged all employers to inform their non-Muslim staff about the warning.
Posted by:classer

#7  Good grief - I thought you'd mistyped and meant 1/4" ;)

It does put the operations of the mutawa guys into stark relief though...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-10-02 15:57  

#6  Lol, ya tease! For the first coupla years I kept it perfectly manicured - sorta like a Col Sanders on acid thingy - or the kind of beard Ho Chi Minh would like to have had, lol. The only rational comment I got from a Saudi "friend" was from one who had just returned from a one-year assignment in the US - SF, of all places. In our first conversation, outside for a smoke in what little shade could be found - the main reason Saudis chatted expats up, in fact, he asked me if I had ever been in ZZ-Top, heh. Later, he said I scared most of 'em - they couldn't figure it out and didn't want to guess wrong, in case I was a zealous convert, lol! So I kept it - even when it topped 130°F.
Posted by: .com   2005-10-02 15:48  

#5  That's downright evil, .com.

I think I'm in love. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-10-02 15:10  

#4  Heh, we some of us did our level best to be offensive year-round. For example, that was why I kept my beard - 14" long off the chin - cheeks shaved clean. It confused 'em cuz to them it has (religious) meaning. To me it was just chin hair. They couldn't be sure I wasn't a mutawa disguised as an infidel. Used to scare the slave-labor PakiWaki guys half to death - I got a cacaphony of "sala'am alikums" when I walked past one of the buses that shuttled them between purgatories, loading or unloading in the Aramco parking lot. Felt kinda bad about them for, oh, a month or so. Then I didn't, anymore. Similar confusion on kids' faces at the malls. Heh.
Posted by: .com   2005-10-02 12:21  

#3  When are the infidels gonna start their Ramadan offensive?
Posted by: ed   2005-10-02 12:09  

#2  LOL - no doughnuts?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-10-02 11:00  

#1  Yewbetcha. Expats - look for the little grey Hyundai Sonata with the windows cracked 2 inches all around and the sun screen that looks like Wayfarers - it's unlocked. Coffee's in the thermos (Seattle's Best Tazza D'Oro or Starbucks Gold Coast, alternating daily) with a stack of cups in the back. Coupla Bics in the console. I do the Dr Pepper cycle - except on zatar Wednesdays. See you there.
Posted by: .com   2005-10-02 01:59  

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