Who & What is an Arab?

Anyone care to take a shot at answering who and what is an Arab? Someone who speaks arabic, yes. Most likely Muslim. Belief in the "Arab World" of old. More to follow...

Ramadan in Kuwait

So it is Ramadan in Kuwait. The other day a TCN (Third Country National) was working out in the hot sun and had himself a drink of water. During daylight as you have guessed and during Ramadan. So what did the local Kuwaiti do who observered this terrible infraction? As a devote follower of Islam he walked over to the young man and began to bet the hell out of him! For drinking water during the daylight hours of Ramadan. It did not occur to him to perhaps go over and explain that drinking water during the day during Ramadan is "bad". So he just bet the hell out of another human being. All in the name of religion.

Al-Qaida or Divide Iraq into 3 regions?

Think Tanks in Washington DC are proposing that Iraq be split into three regions, one each for the Kurds, Sunni's and Shia. Al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawari is calling on the Iraqi Sunni popoulation to step up the jihad and establish a caliphate of Islamic rule acrsoss the region. They want a Islamic State of Iraq headed by Al-Qaida. Mean while 157,000 US troops try to keep the peace long enough for the Iraqi government to gain control. What to do, what to do?

Defiant hardcore remain as hundreds surrender at Pakistani mosque - Forbes.com

Defiant hardcore remain as hundreds surrender at Pakistani mosque - Forbes.com