Originally Posted By: the G-man
 Originally Posted By: The Pun-isher

That's not specifically Muslim garb.


Actually, CIA World Fact Book lists no other religion other than “Sunni Muslim” for Somalia.

So if that's traditional religious or ceremonial garb, it's Muslim.


Yeah, but the garb may not be religious in nature - that was my point. I won't go so far out on a limb and say Obama's NOT wearing Muslim garb - just that we can't assume what he's wearing has religious significance. It may be simply what they wear over there and have been wearing long before Islam reached Somalia. Just because all of Somalia is Muslim doesn't make what Obama's wearing specifically Islamic garb.

If I go to a synagogue and put on one of those hat thingies Jews wear, then I'm wearing religious garb, no question. But if an entire Christian community wears Hawaiian shirts, if I go there and dress in a Hawaiian shirt, am I dressing in Christian garb, since the shirt has no direct connection to Christianity?

Just sayin', we can't be so clothes-minded about stuff like that.

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