Jumeirah mosque
The most beautiful mosque I've ever seen.*
A pavilion for the ritual washing before prayer. To get there, you walk this lovely path:
Can you see why I love this photo so much?
It is Jumeirah, after all.
A few decorative touches.
The front porch, so to speak.
Inside the front porch.
You realize, I took about 14 photos of this bird and his friend. But I'll spare you and only post one.
* This was written before I saw Turkey.
posted by Eric at 8:27 PM
6 Comments:
Hi Eric,
This is Salma. If you remember, we met at the Jethro Tull concert.
It's about your earlier posts talking about Islam...
Get the difference right between "discussing", "disecting" and "disgracing" something.
You seem to be devoid of respect for the religions, cultures and people around you. Fools find it easier to mock a religion than to understand it. Broaden your perspective and get a real sense of humour, please! People like you are responsible for the rising hatered in this region towards Americans.
I hope you mend you acts or I would be forced to report about your blog to the authorities.
I think Eric is doing something many others are afraid to -- go to the Middle East as a Jewish-American man from the midwest. He's learning about a different culture, living it, AND showing and telling those of us back home what he's seeing and feeling. Some of it is humorous, some of it is bittersweet, some of it is opinion. I diagree with some of his opinions, but I don't believe those opinions are out of disrespect. The great thing about America is you can express all that, no matter who you are. I know Eric has taught me a lot about Dubai and the surrounding area, so I thank him for sharing it with us all.
Salma, perhaps you can educate us all about what you found hurtful so that all of our perspectives can be broadened and we can understand the Middle East and Islam even more.
You watch your ass, Salma.
While exploring a new region one does come across several unexpected things which makes him react in various manners. But expressing them in such a manner with the use of explicit words is absolutely unacceptable and is regarded as disrespect and mocking a religion, no matter which part of the world it is.
Humor is acceptable as long as it doesn't cross it's limit and becomes lewd.
I appreciate your growing interest in the Middle East and Islam. Every religion has certain guidelines regarding various aspects of a human life, which have certain valid reasons behind them.
It does not have to do with me being a Muslim and protecting Islam. It is about being a human being and standing up for what's right, no matter what religion I belong to.
And about watching my ass... Well, may be people who sit on their brains should use it more often!
Excuse you, Salma. People find all kinds of things funny, and I can't for the life of me figure out what is so damn offensive about this post.
Be you a Muslim or not, you obviously overreact over insigifnicant and quirky posts. I am an intolerant son of a bitch, but Eric sure as heck isn't. Feel free to flame me now for my obviously misogynistic post (due to my use of the word "bitch").
Rummell
My response to this can be found on the main page, or here.
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