The one on Romper room was round and had no glass.
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Posted on 06/22/2008 6:42:50 PM PDT by forkinsocket
A Muslim asylum seeker lost out on an award for volunteer work after indicating that he would not shake hands with the woman who was to present him with the prize.
Alinoor Ahmed Sheikh, a Somali based in an asylum hostel in Tralee, was to have been honoured for his work raising funds for Amnesty International at a ceremony last Thursday organised by the Africa Centre in Dublin. The event was designed to highlight the positive work done by refugees and asylum seekers in Irish communities.
Five minutes before Benedicta Attoh, a member of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, was due to present the award she was told not to call out Sheikh’s name. “The judges had decided that someone else should get the award,” said Attoh, chairwoman of the Africa Centre’s board.
Attoh did not find out the reason why until she read in Metro Eireann on Friday that his name had been removed because of his refusal to shake hands with women. Sheikh told the newspaper that he had been assured his request not to shake a female presenter’s hand would be accommodated because it was based on his religious beliefs.
His certificate was presented to Therese Elumelu, who was not present, with Sheikh’s name crossed out.
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A “manly handshake” is nothing compared to giving birth.
Ever tried it?? :D
Yep. My religion & customs were just invented for the purpose of being anti-social.
Trying to give birth for me would look about as futile and awkward and impossible as trying to get a handshake from a woman. There is no parity in either.
OK i stand corrected.. theres an article explaining this linked in the comments. i guess you learn something new every day
Maybe you haven’t shaken enough hands?
I find that’s typically the case with some religious types.
I would’ve worn a very thick glove and offered to shake left handed
Solomon counseled against it:
Prov 22:26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
Convenient.
Childbirth trumps handshakes,
but
Handshakes between men and women have very little to do with the Childbirth process.
How did the subject of Childbirth enter into a subject of handshakes?
When strength and delicate-ness was introduced. Manly handshakes=silliness.
Iraqi women are some of the most beautiful in the world... I think...could we see them.
A real handshake is within its own realm, and seems to be beyond your illustration.
“How did the subject of Childbirth enter into a subject of handshakes?”
Well, you know how it is. First you get to shakin’, next thing you know you’re bakin’.
You missed my point.
If you are coming to my country, then you know what to expect. f you don’t like the way our society works, and how people relate to one another, then you need not be here.
(You understand that by “you” I don’t necessaarily mean YOU - it is the rhetorical “you”)
No one is trying to stop you or the other natives from relating to each other as you wish. But certain people don’t want to shake your hand. You are free to not associate with us if you find it distasteful & you can go shake all the other hands that you want. Many of the Jews & Muslims who follow these customs are Americans. Are you going to tell them to shake your hand or leave as well?
o. Hussein b. does it all the time!!!
And the fact that I shake hands with women as normal means that we are not worryied that we are being too intimate.
It always fascinates me that Americans are expected to honor foreign customs when abroad, so as not to be rude, and also to honor foreign customes when at home, so as not to be rude.
The one on Romper room was round and had no glass.
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