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Thread #152262   Message #3560371
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
22-Sep-13 - 01:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who was Mohamed's mum?
Subject: RE: BS: Who was Mohamed's mum?
By the way (serious thread drift) I was in Tunisia last week at the beautiful old mosque in Kairouan (World Heritage Site). The gatekeeper lent me a veil so I could go in as far as the courtyard. My Muslim husband went into the mosque itself to pray, after using the 'ablutions'. As I sat on a chair outside swathed in this thick (and hot) veil thing, the gatekeeper spent about twenty minutes berating me for not converting to Islam. He said it was terrible for my husband, and becoming one of 'Them' would be better for all concerned. I held my tongue with difficulty and smiled sweetly. (Recording Angel please note) How I kept my temper I'll never know. I tried to imagine the same scenario the other way round. Imagine sitting in Saudi Arabia telling some Muslim guy he should definitely become a Christian. You'd be boiled in oil.