spring hall convert
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Because then the West would be less able to play the Arab states off against each other to get cheaper oil.
"How does that make them all "hypocrites"?
If obeying the law in their own country would result in prison or a public lashing, I don't see it as hypocritical to comply with it. It's only hypocritical if somebody bangs on about the sanctity of Islam in the meantime. I don't imagine they all do that. They just do what they're told. "
Their religion forbids alcohol not their country. When you met Saudis in their own country they all came across as devout Muslims.
I'm not sure Islam forbids alcohol, more like it says don't turn up at mosque drunk - its just some have perverted the religion to say its forbidden.
NSC does some weird things sometimes! Now got a banner at the top of my screen advertising Muslim brides!!
Always depends on what sort of burkha...they are not all the same.
In the north east province of Saudi, i saw women with leather face coverings.
In Al Khobar, the veils were often completely sheer (making you realise just how beautiful some Saudi women are)...
Quran 5:90 - O you who believe! Intoxicants (all kinds of alcoholic drinks), gambling, arrows for seeking luck or decision - are an abomination of Shaitan's (Satan) handiwork. So avoid (strictly all) that (abomination) in order that you may be successful.