They are using this as the "wow - Bush was such an idiot, holding hands and hugging" blah, blah, blah.
Now, who was using the proper ettique?
Posted on 04/02/2009 12:48:50 PM PDT by pissant
The new Saudi king has ordered citizens not to kiss his hand, saying the traditional gesture of respect is degrading and violates Islam.
"Kissing hands is alien to our values and morals, and is not accepted by free and noble souls," Abdullah told a delegation from Baha, in southwest Saudi Arabia, which came to the royal palace to offer congratulations on his accession. "It also leads to bowing, which is a violation of God's law. The faithful bow to no one but God."
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No doubt. They all do.
It’s pretty sad when the King of SA makes more sense than the president of the US. What have we gotten ourselves into?
Did BO give him a DVD set or an iPod? ;)
Bet the King was tempted to take off his shoe and smack him.
Citizens banned from kissing King’s hand
Agencies
Published: September 11, 2005, 00:00
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Saturday banned citizens from kissing his, or any of the royal family member’s hands saying it was against his cultural values and religious values.
“Brothers, there is something in my mind that I want to tell you. Kissing hands is something alien to our values and ethics, and is refused by free and honest people,” he is quoted by daily Saudi newspaper Arab News as saying.
“It also leads to bowing, which is a violation of God’s law. The faithful bow to no one but God.” The custodian of the Two Holy Mosques continued.
“I announce my complete rejection of this matter, and I ask everyone to restrain from kissing the hands of anyone but their parents,” the monarch said.
Yet today President Obama did just that, kiss this king’s hand. What a hypocrit!
Can you put this in Front Page News, it seems quite appropriate today
PLEASE for the love of this country get this video out to everyone you know , to all media outlets and tell everyone about this
I have contrasted how the two idiots met the Queen with no class, manhandling her etc to him going over to a Saudi king
very telling who he likes the most and the question is what did he say when he went over , ?
did he speak in Arabic and now I wonder did he take his 3nd oath on the koran in private now
They are using this as the "wow - Bush was such an idiot, holding hands and hugging" blah, blah, blah.
Now, who was using the proper ettique?
The same could be said of Obama.
What a Lie Nothing can violate Islam ,Nothing Is below it's absence of Values,Nothing no matter how perverted and deranged is below Islam. Islam is the embodiment of all the evils of Hell.
Overseas European trip for a 500-person contingent: Hundreds of thousands of dollars
DVD set or iPod: $250 each
Earning the contempt of world leaders everywhere: Priceless
How about an elbow smash to the Sheik’s face. Would that violate Islam?
This is exactly what I thought UNTIL I saw the video...there’s no confusion after seeing that.
definitely front page!!
Your Highness, you may still kiss my white and fat Polish a*ss, however.
Good One!
masuki bance (261 posts) Thu Apr-02-09 01:47 PM
Response to Reply #5
11. This video shows it at 1:37 maybe something did drop on the floor.
O could have done just about anything else and he would have been ok. I wonder what he was thinking? Watching the video you can see others handshaking...even hugging but nobody is bowing. Maybe he wanted to be different or he just totally missed the orientation meeting that morning! Probably more like it is he actually was bowing to someone he thought was above him. Yuck!
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