[Moonmad27]

I always thought that once they came to this country, they would see how archaic their ways are. It amazes me that they are involved in American culture and yet choose a way of life straight out of the Arabian Nights. My hairdresser is from Pakistan, but is very American (only visible difference was the fact that she had an arranged marriage), but her daughters are just as American as can be. (Of course it's not exclusive to Muslims. This reminds me of an orthodox Jewish doctor I work with, who refuses to shake a woman's hand. It is so totally out of my experience that I can't comprehend it.)

[Mister Magoo]

Oh, come on, Moonmad! Let's say you move to Qatar to take a job as an oil company executive. You mean to tell me that you will quickly adopt the ways of the Muslim, forswearing alcohol, and worshipping Allah? Please. You would remain an American, and would act as an Anglo-Saxon.

[Hildy]

This reminds me of an orthodox Jewish doctor I work with, who refuses to shake a woman's hand. It is so totally out of my experience that I can't comprehend it

How can he be a Dr. if he won't touch a woman?