In light of the killing of UBL and the direct threats made against America in retaliation for that death, you'd think it just might have occurred to these "religious leaders" - one a professor - to dress a little differently that day. A turban??? Really???
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn they were loudly chanting their “prayers.” The story is an AP rendering, so maybe there’s something in the non-excerpted parts. This was in-your-face, and all the parties involved know it.
In light of the killing of UBL and the direct threats made against America in retaliation for that death, you’d think it just might have occurred to these “religious leaders” - one a professor - to dress a little differently that day. A turban??? Really???
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It did occur to them. They were throwing it in our face.
Arabs don't wear turbans. Traditional Arab headgear is a kaffiyeh namely a cloth (of different pattern marking the tribe of the wearer) bound with a rope to keep it in place)
Indian non-Moslems wear turbans which can be of different kinds from the Sikh (3 kinds) to Rajput to Maratha
Rahman dressed in "traditional Indian clothing" doesn't tell me anything, for India is truly a continent with multiple "countries", cultures and "nations" -- the traditional wear of a man from Keral would be a long loose shirt made from cotton with a sarong-like ankle-length white cotton cloth with a border. No hat or turban
A Tamilian would wear a shorter "lungi" (that's the cloth over the legs
A person from North-Central india would wear a dhoti,or for formal occasions a Nehru/Chinese-type jacket, while a Moslem from North and North-West India and from Pakistan would wear a Pathani (a long loose shirt and baggy pajamas under it).