by Beth_Josephine » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:05 am
Have to respect the muslim/Islamic tradition, atleast they are still respecting their faith and following certain ways. Mind yiu my hubby is muslim, from West Africa but he says it's the arab world that tend to follow the old ways and he has a lot of respect for them in that sense.
Just a question; do pregnant women have to abide by not eating during the sunrise/sunset period? Isn't that unhealthy and considered dangerous if they do? I know I have to eat every few hours now, even once an hour.
Also, could someone explain this to me; I was out in the gulf for 2 yrs a while back and we were told that we couldn' eat, drink, smoke, chew chewing gum in public, we would get arrested for it, not a problem we though, it's a country we are in that isn't our own, I am sure we can abide by this. Then we were told that if we were offered a cup of tea, to refuse was counted as rude so we would have to accept, if we were offered a 2nd cup, we had to take it. Now if we were offered a 3rd cup, you had to say no, if you took it, you'd been seen as greedy.
Now, how does that work, when we were told not to drink and such during the hours between sunrise and sunset?