Love Qatar – a bit Homesick – And yes you can mention Islam
Me and Vinny after Iftar during Ramadan at the lovely Sheraton DohaThe beautiful Sheraton Doha during Ramadan
I’m a bit down in the dumps – I think I’m homesick. It’s more ‘friendly-face-sick’ tbh. Everyone speaks Arabic at work, I feel left out a lot. And I haven’t made a whole lot of friends since I’ve been here, and I miss my son. I’m not sure I can print this, I mean – who the heck cares about a miserable ol’-journo abroad?
Anyway, what I decided I wanted to write about in this blog is Islam. Yes, I know hugely contentious. There are family members throwing themselves on crucifixes, praying for me to reconsider as I type and my husband is having a heart attack reading this – but its OK, really.
There are a few things I learnt that I wanted to share, like with Eid and Ramadan, and Islamic banking and stuff like that. I mean who knew that Islamic banking would be so ethical, and really considering what the Western banks have done, they could really learn a lot from Islamic banking. It is based upon principles of NOT screwing as much money out of customers as possible, but on helping them. They do not charge interest in the usual way, and there is no compound interest at all. A friend at work explained it to me and I thought, wow, it is lovely. Read more…
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