I must have missed something. Please elucidate.
Gee, I'm real glad you didn't. How else would I have been able to show how well informed I am on such earth-shaking matters?
1. Location they were both in a location where a romantic advance could be made.
2. The Arab saw something he liked and made the advance.
3. The guy rejected the advance but still got beat up.
I don't know about you but I'll go just about anywhere and I don't think too many guys are going to make a pass at me. And if they do they are not going to beat me with a belt because I refused.
A lot of Arabs would drop down to Khartoum in the 80s to have a few drinks in the local Hotels. Good Muslims, one and all, as long as they were at home.