[kittymyrib]

Muslim countries are not on our vacation destination list.

[dynachrome]

We got a good laugh out of it. ps. Could you have had a Christian wedding ceremony if you had wished to or do the followers of Moe-ham-head ban such things?

[garybob]

I was equally shocked and flabbergasted that an incident like this was reported in a local English language newspapers

You're equally disturbed that it was reported in the local English language, are you? Unsuspecting tourists were treated like pigs and you are as disturbed by the reporting as by the treatment?

I think a sense of proportion needs to be developed here.

[PGR88]

A lot of stuff that we Westerners think is “cute” or “fun” is actually quite bad for us.

[devere]

You want reporting of the truth suppressed for your own advantage? Typical Muslim!

[RedWhiteBlue]

I also found it hard to believe that heads of government offices were giving out interviews about the incident to foreign media. I thought the government would be doing everything that they possibly could to contain the problem and mitigate the damages. Top level government officials answering questions by foreign media in the hope of lessening the impact may have just attracted more attention to the event.

You think they should have tried to ignore it? How would that have helped? The cat was already out of the bag. It would have looked even worse if they had chosen to keep their mouths shut, it would have made them appear complicit and look like what happened didn't matter to them.

Talking about it openly, showing that the behavior was unacceptable, IS the only way to "mitigate the damages." Muslims should take note of this and not be so quiet about the extremists in their midst. They should speak out, and speak out LOUDLY whenever there is a terrorist attack. Keeping your mouth shut only makes it look like you agree with what was done.

[William Tell]

Will tourist destinations re-double their efforts to treat their clients with respect due to the negative publicity this has generated? I think so.

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