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Posted by Belgian Bonzai on Apr-03-2007 19:37:

Muslim greeting

I was on the receiving end of a handshake followed by a covering of the heart today. I think it is an unbelievably cool gesture, so I'm looking into some Muslim greeting habits, quite intriguing.
But almost everything I dug up covers Muslim-Muslim greeting, now I myself am an atheist, and I would like to know if it is impolite for a non-Muslim to greet a Muslim with this handshake, if it is appropriate for me to greet with 'Assalamu Alilkum (Wa Rahmatulah (Wa Barakatuh))', now I think the man is from South-East Asia, are the above words global? Or will he go like 'WT*, do I look like Arabic??' Can I combine the handshake and the vocal greeting?
Who greets who if I am sitting in a smaller group and he comes in walking and being part of a larger group? Do I rise from my chair?

It's not like I'm going to go in depth with this, I just think it's pretty basic and I want to return the courtesy from today. Cool btw that it is 'prescribed' to smile when greeting. I could learn from them.

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-03-2007 19:39:

make sure you pray to the east then look to the west for the next incomming 767.

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Apr-03-2007 19:39:

i rise from my chair any time i greet someone during business

laid back poolside i'd probably just sit there as they made their rounds of hello and contine on with my drink

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-03-2007 19:41:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
i rise from my chair any time i greet someone during business

laid back poolside i'd probably just sit there as they made their rounds of hello and contine on with my drink

i thought you sell weed for a living

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Apr-03-2007 19:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
i thought you sell weed for a living

nah i dont sell anything lol

i hold myself down with a 9-5er

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Apr-03-2007 19:57:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
nah i dont sell anything lol

i hold myself down with a 9-5er

good lad.

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Apr-03-2007 20:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
good lad.

dont get it twisted though, i burn a forest down almost every night

Posted by Ygrene on Apr-03-2007 20:15:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
dont get it twisted though, i burn a forest down almost every night

Smokey The Bear is coming for you!

Posted by Belgian Bonzai on Apr-03-2007 20:17:

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Settled.

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Apr-03-2007 20:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
Smokey The Bear is coming for you!

stop breaking marc summers dishwasher!

Posted by D-res on Apr-03-2007 20:40:

Asalamalakum

Posted by Orbax on Apr-03-2007 20:59:

Re: Muslim greeting

quote:
Originally posted by Belgian Bonzai
Cool btw that it is 'prescribed' to smile when greeting. I could learn from them.

Thats because the Arabs have a saying "Kiss your enemies hand until you can bite it off"

great culture

Posted by Plump Funk on Apr-03-2007 21:09:

Re: Re: Muslim greeting

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
Thats because the Arabs have a saying "Kiss your enemies hand until you can bite it off"

great culture

lol never heard of it.

Posted by Hasneez on Apr-03-2007 23:06:

^cause it doesn't exist

Posted by Orbax on Apr-03-2007 23:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Hasneez
^cause it doesn't exist

Just like the holocaust, right?

Posted by Fast Turtle on Apr-03-2007 23:27:

durka durka jihad

Posted by igottaknow on Apr-03-2007 23:28:

i hate terrorists

Posted by Hasneez on Apr-03-2007 23:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
Just like the holocaust, right?

dude, stfu, there's no such saying and two arabs just confirmed it.. now stop being a racist prick and go fuck urself somewhere else

Posted by Ian on Apr-03-2007 23:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
Smokey The Bear is coming for you!

The bears are scared, and this is why

Posted by igottaknow on Apr-03-2007 23:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Hasneez
dude, stfu, there's no such saying and two arabs just confirmed it.. now stop being a racist prick and go fuck urself somewhere else
+1

Posted by Orbax on Apr-03-2007 23:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Hasneez
dude, stfu, there's no such saying and two arabs just confirmed it.. now stop being a racist prick and go fuck urself somewhere else

two arabs?!?!?!?!!? omg!!!!

I know like 10!!!!!!! so fuck off!!

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Apr-03-2007 23:56:

Re: Re: Muslim greeting

quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
Thats because the Arabs have a saying "Kiss your enemies hand until you can bite it off"

great culture

Lol, Arab is an ethnicity. There's absolutely no historical unifying culture other than religion - ie no system of governance, common shared society, literary tradition, etc. It's like saying the Indians have a saying "go screw yourself" when there were like 250 tribes of Native Americans.

Posted by Orbax on Apr-03-2007 23:57:

Re: Re: Re: Muslim greeting

quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Lol, Arab is an ethnicity. There's absolutely no historical unifying culture other than religion - ie no system of governance, common shared society, literary tradition, etc. It's like saying the Indians have a saying "go screw yourself" when there were like 250 tribes of Native Americans.

or its like saying americans have a saying when there are 50 states?

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Apr-04-2007 00:00:

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quote:
Originally posted by Orbax
or its like saying americans have a saying when there are 50 states?

um, no. The United States is a federal republic. Hardly comparable to an ethnic group that spans multiple national entities and has never shared a common cultural identity as a result. How can you compare Palestinians to the Janjaweed in Sudan for instance? Or the Beduoin to Arab merchants in Oman? You can't -- they come from different historical traditions and have completely distinct cultures apart from their ethnic identity.

Posted by Orbax on Apr-04-2007 00:02:

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quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
um, no. The United States is a federal republic. Hardly comparable to an ethnic group that spans multiple national entities and has never shared a common cultural identity as a result. How can you compare Palestinians to the Janjaweed in Sudan for instance? Or the Beduoin to Arab merchants in Oman? You can't -- they come from different historical traditions and have completely distinct cultures apart from their ethnic identity.

So we dont have seperate ethnic groups in America?

I know lebanese, Iranians, and Iraquis here in America and yes, they all have ethnic groups in there. But there is a larger overarching umbrella, that may have much less points of commonality, called Arab that means something. Or are you claiming there are no Arabs?

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