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To: ROCKLOBSTER
...assisting him in walking by offering him...HIS LEFT HAND!...

I believe it is an insult to offer a Muslim the right hand.

33 posted on 09/03/2014 2:15:04 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

“I believe it is an insult to offer a Muslim the right hand.”

Backwards.

The LEFT hand is used for “wiping”, using water, not TP.

Here’s the formal explanation.

http://islamqa.info/en/82120


41 posted on 09/03/2014 2:23:09 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ( "Our Emperor may have no clothes, but doesn't he have a wonderful tan" - MSM)
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To: GingisK
I believe it is an insult to offer a Muslim the right hand.

No no no....they...uh..."cleanse themselves" with their left hand...and no TP.

59 posted on 09/03/2014 2:41:51 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: GingisK

No, its the left hand, that is the wiping hand in a culture without toilet paper.


70 posted on 09/03/2014 3:21:09 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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