Originally Posted by
NYTA
I change planes in Istanbul all the time and have never seen this in the middle of the lounge there. There is a mosque in the airport and people who want to pray go there.
Furthermore, while I have never worked in an office in a Muslim country, I'd be willing to bet there's little praying in the middle of the cubicles.
Next time you are transiting through Riyadh, try pulling out a cross and a bible and see what happens. (or worse, tefillin and a talit if you are Jewish).
+1
Last Christmas around 20 th Dec or so , at a very busy Wal Mart parking lot, saw a muslim chap lay out his mat and start praying....only problem ? he was taking up an empty parking lspace !
We have taken the PC thing too far, as you say, sport a copy of the binle in Pakistan (recepient of your and my tax dollars largesse every year and see what happens ! The US Embassy will have devil of a time to get you out......