powerdesal Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 Why?????? Our lady chemists work in Ramadan, and they are UAE Nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 More liberal? [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 Sharjah more liberal than Holland, thats porcine aviation with a vengeance !!!!!We are the most Islamic of all the Emirates. No booze shops, no booze in hotels / restaurants, no pork in the supermarkets, Islamic dress code for women ( sort of ). Looks like Euro-PC to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Exacte. Euro-PC is among the least liberal of regimes. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 I thought the PC pandering to Islam was a UK thing not Holland (of all places), cant see it happening in LBF, or at least I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Moi non plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The thing when I was working in Holland was many years ago (must be 30 odd years ago now !!). I'm sure things have changed since then.Certainly, tensions used to be high and several people got beaten up with crow-bars during the couple of months I was there - which I was told was only normal during RamadanIan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 [quote user="powerdesal"]The muslims I really feel sorry for are the labourers who still have to work outside in the hot sun and cannot have anything to drink. That situation gets worse, or will get worse for the next few years as ramadan starts earlier each year by about 15 days, thus in a few years it ill be in the middle of summer when temperatures are 45+ in the shade (assuming you can find shade). I remember some years ago during the last summer ramadan cycle that we had considerable numbers of labourers collapse and there were inevitably some deaths.[/quote]Thank you so much for clearing that up for me Steve. I was beginning to think I was going mad. I used to tell people how sorry I felt for the Pakistani crew we used to have on our ship when we did the Norwegian fjord cruise in June. It got dark at about 11.45pm and light at 3am and during the hot days they were out on the deck painting the sides of the ship white. Then, in recent years with Ramadan being in October/September I've been thinking that my memory was playing tricks on me, but as this was about 20 years ago it makes sense that it was Ramadan in mid June. The end of Ramadan feast that they laid on for us officers was fantastic though - even if they were totally hypocritcal in that the alcohol flowed like a river and it wasn't just for us - they all joined in too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourangelle Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I can't wait until next year, when it should be during the holidays. It's not that I don't respect the kids' choice, but they do seem to expect things to slow down, not to have tests and so on. We don't make any allowances, but since the beginning of the week, all I've heard is Madame, j'ai faim. [:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 [quote user="Tourangelle"] since the beginning of the week, all I've heard is Madame, j'ai faim. [:@][/quote]Really? They sound like a whingy lot. Mine go through the whole thing stoically. No way am I not doing tests for a whole month and the question has never been asked in any of the schools I've worked in. It should get better next week, they get used to not eating.I forgot to ask, did you get a decent mut'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 [quote user="St Amour"]Thank you so much for clearing that up for me Steve. I was beginning to think I was going mad. I used to tell people how sorry I felt for the Pakistani crew we used to have on our ship when we did the Norwegian fjord cruise in June. It got dark at about 11.45pm and light at 3am and during the hot days they were out on the deck painting the sides of the ship white. Then, in recent years with Ramadan being in October/September I've been thinking that my memory was playing tricks on me, but as this was about 20 years ago it makes sense that it was Ramadan in mid June. The end of Ramadan feast that they laid on for us officers was fantastic though - even if they were totally hypocritcal in that the alcohol flowed like a river and it wasn't just for us - they all joined in too!!![/quote]Its not 'totally' hypocritical, it really depends on your own personal interpretation of the Koran. Many Muslims will drink wine but not spirits, others will drink beer but not wine or spirits etc etc. I have never worked out how the 'rules' work. I had a friend stay over in Wales and he was quite happy to drink homemade wine and he is quite a 'good' Muslim. Go into any of the bars in Dubai and then tell me that Muslims dont drink alcohol !!!!!! [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 How about gin and whisky til they fell over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 There is probably a section that allows the suitable interpretation [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 In other words Moslems are just as fallible, faible and fickle as Christians, Jews, Sikhs and Hindus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Or any other religion you care to mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I forgot Zoroastrians, Jains, Taoists, Buddhists, Confucianists, Humanists, Ba'hai, Shinto, Rastafari and Falun Gong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Cripes, Lordy, Moses. Have you seen how many religions there are if you do a search?Just for starters, without going into sub-groups/factions:Christianity: 2.1 billion Islam: 1.3 billion Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 1.1 billion Hinduism: 900 million Chinese traditional religion: 394 million Buddhism: 376 million primal-indigenous: 300 million African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million Sikhism: 23 million Juche: 19 million Spiritism: 15 million Judaism: 14 million Baha'i: 7 million Jainism: 4.2 million Shinto: 4 million Cao Dai: 4 million Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million Tenrikyo: 2 million Neo-Paganism: 1 million Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand Rastafarianism: 600 thousand Scientology: I'm sure they are all correct, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 You missed off the 500,000 for Scientologists. That's 499,000 Scientologists plus Tom Cruise's ego...Good stuff, Wikipedia, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]You missed off the 500,000 for Scientologists. That's 499,000 Scientologists plus Tom Cruise's ego...Good stuff, Wikipedia, innit?[/quote] How many egos does Tom Cruise have?..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 1 Tom Cruise ego = 1,000 normal egos. [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Just an aside to Ramadan and other things muslim...Yesterday Son&heir asked me to cook a good ol'fashion british roast beef dinner with all the trimmings as for the next 3 months (working in Armenia as a mining geologist) all that he'll be eating will mostly be pork meat. From previous conversations with him I gathered that food is pretty dire there. No chicken because of bird flu, no beef cattle as no proper butchering and cold storage facilities, some lamb which is more like tough mutton in taste, some fresh water fish and crayfish (but to be careful where it came from as some of the rivers are heavily polluted by run down mining activities from the Soviet era) so all that is left to eat is pork meat in any shape, taste or form. And all that pork comes imported from .... you'd never believe it .... Iran !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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