A Simple Rule

[abaris]

Have you ever been to a majority Muslim country? I have. Indonesia is a supposedly "moderate" Muslim country. And you watch what you say when you're in public unless you have a death wish.

Actually I have been there. It's a tourist destination after all, with discos and all the usual stuff in it's urban regions. My nephew will leave for Indonesia within the next couple of weeks, to attend an art exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

Should you give a public speech about Mohammed being a prick, probably not, but I certainly didn't watch my tongue with every step I took. It also didn't enter my mind at any time, that it would be a good idea to slight their religion. I didn't think about it at all, to tell the truth.

I have been to other muslims countries as well, such as Turkey or Marocco or Bosnia. Each one is vastly different to the other, which only goes to show, we're not talking about a homogenous mass, but about people with different cultures, who happen to have the same basic religion. Basic because there are just as many sects within Islam as there are in christianity.