I know a muslim Kosovan guy, now a member of the government in Pristina. He drank quite a lot and had no concerns about dietary requirements.
He told me there is an expression in the region "to still carry the cross", which is to say that even though you are now officially a muslim family, and most likely have been for a few hundred years, you still keep a crucifix somewhere in your house, typically in the rafters under your roof. A sort of divine bet-hedging.
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"Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill
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