by Lighthouse » Mon 03 Dec 2007, 19:42:32
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'W')e are the fools. Today on a national radio chat show, people who had children in creches were ringing in because nativity plays were cancelled due to complaints from muslim parents. Of course muslim parents had the option to not let their children attend creche for the day of the play but they said this was discriminatory towards them.
Muslims make up 1% of the population in Ireland.
I wonder what would happen if I was in Saudi Arabia and complained about the call to prayer.
I had a business partner who converted to islam when he got married to a strict muslim lady from Jordan. He took his religion serious. Living in Australia, both of them always complained about a lack of cultural sensibility and understanding.
The first problem we had was when I bought a bottle of Whiskey with company money to give as a big thank you to our travel agent, who did a tremendous job. Alcohol as a present is not allowed for muslims. To calm it down I decided to pay for it out of my own pocket and give it as a personal gift from me.
The whole situation became a bit weird when my bank manager, I do business with him for over 15 years now, called me and told me that my business partner had instructed him not to pay any interest to our companies accounts. Did I mention than I spent a whole afternoon the day before to negotiate very lucrative arrangements with the bank manager?
I tried to explain to my business partner and his wife that cultural sensibility and understanding is not a one way street. It works both ways. (Obviously not for Muslims. They think they are better than the rest of us because they have the only true god.)
The whole thing escalated when my wife kicked both of them out of our house because he suggested I should discipline my stubborn lady. He said it would be shameful for a man not controlling his wife. And for a female it would be unacceptable to speak with a man without permission. When it came to the words "shameful", "permission", and "discipline" my lovely but very independent wife jumped up and kicked both them out in a not very friendly manner. I've never seen her so angry before.
Needless to say the business failed.
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