07-07-2006, 07:47 PM
Quote:Bismillah
It is amusing to me to see these kinds of fatwa. Would Islam have ever spread to west Africa and east asia if this was the attitude of the first muslims?
A common problem that I see with converts in Europe and the Americas is that they believe that they must either arabize or pakistanize in order to be a good muslim. The "scholars" need to issue some fatwas that our African and Asian brothers are sinning because they have their own culture, food, and ways of dressing that differ from the Saudis.
Salam
My auntie told me that when she was living in saudi she got once arrested for wearing her Somali clothes. If I go to saudi now, no matter how educated I am just because I'm a "Somali" I can't have a proper job, one thing that can safe me is my european passport than I'll have a whole lot of respect. If I don't have that then the only option I have is to scrub the floor of an Arab family. That's the job of most Girls from the Filipines and Immigrants from somalia etc.
The law in that country seriously amazes me.
I guess I went offtopic