quote: "Sembiring is a conservative Muslim who refuses to touch women he is not related to, and has previously outraged liberal society by suggesting AIDS funding is a waste of public money and linking natural disasters to immorality.
"I tried to prevent (touching First Lady Obama) with my two hands but Mrs Michelle moved her hands too close to me, then we touched," he Tweeted on Tuesday, sparking a firestorm on the hyperactive Indonesian blogosphere.
"I still stand by the position that I will not shake hands with women who are not related to me," he wrote in a series of 14 numbered Tweets to his 110,000 followers."
All he had to do was the symbolic breastfeeding with the women he wanted to shake hands with and all would be fine.
quote:Originally posted by Miss_Tigerlily: Honestly her husband should have known better!!!
Sharia law may say that it is forbidden for a man to have any physical contact with a woman to whom he is not related to, but let's not forget that Sharia is synonymous with fundamentalist Islam..stonings, floggings, oppression of women etc. Even Muslims themselves reject Sharia (the moderate ones), perhaps Ms Obama was thinking that he was dealing with a moderate Muslim. (Indonesia is supposedly a moderate country).
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Well that was my point. Obama is very well aware of the Muslim culture hence he lived for several years in this very same country But it seems he was a bad adviser to his wife.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
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quote:Originally posted by vwvwv: All he had to do was the symbolic breastfeeding with the women he wanted to shake hands with and all would be fine.
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