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Rightly or wrongly their behaviour attracked attention and scared several passengers.

i appreciate that, and understand it, and maybe they could have been more tactful or something. all i'm saying is that it seems funny to me to blame the public response on those 2 guys -- i understand the response, and i guess if my anxiety level was high and i was in their position i might do the same -- but all they were doing was practising their religion, which they're entitled to do.

have the opportunity to take regular showers or baths nowadays. That outdates the ritual cleaning

that's why its ritual.

We should realise that the often criticized West gives all religions a level of freedom that is unheard of in other cultures...

i do realise it, and appreciate that freedom.

If I would be a Minister or a Priest, walking in my traditional religious clothes with a cross or a crucifix around my neck and a Bible under my arm in any orthodox Muslim country, could I call on any understanding if I was preaching, praying or performing religious rituals in the public arena?

it's not against the quran, but illegal in many countries -- not all -- that's the law those countries have decided to enact and enforce. that repression is conducted against their own citizens, too, which is one of the many reasons people choose to emigrate to the west.

I would suggest you sniff up the atmosphere for a long weekend or so. It only takes a 40 minutes flight to Schiphol or a ferry to Hook of Holland. You'll like Amsterdam and I'ld certainly like to share a drink with you...

i'd love to take you up on it-- unfortunately i'm in the u.s. for now, on a visa, so if i left i'd have issues getting back in. maybe soon, though.