we have to look at the reasons behind this and understand the implications. Put youreslf in the shoes of the ruling family, you have realised that to build your wealth and a future for your country you require the knowledge and expertise of the western world, to this end you make attractive conditions to lure westerns experts and companies. You are a muslim country, in the middle of the hot spot of the world, around you are wars, hard line Muslim countries, Muslim hard line thinkers who believe in the total Muslim state, and there you are in the middle, trying to build a future with western know-how. You need the western knowledge but at the same tine you can't buy it at the cost that you religion is compremised. There are enough hard liners who will point fingers at the rulers and insist on the strict and uncompremising Muslim laws which prevail all around you in other countrries.
Then some westerners , who beleive in their freedom and right to live their live as if they were back home, break some basic common sense rules which apply in most Arab muslim countries, what do you do? you must do something to head off any hard line reactions in your country, so you suggest a Dress Code for foreigners, this way everybody knows for sure what goes and what doesnt, you can show others that you have reacted and done something, without bringing in Hard line laws.
The question is thats that problem dealt with but whats the next hanging around the corner waiting to raise its ugly head? This Dress Code is not being brought in just for fun, its a reaction to a disregard to common sense rules which everybody knows exist in Muslim countries and if you didnt know then you should have done you homework better before coming. We must be happy that Qatar is more relexed than other Muslim countries, that we are able to do things here which are not permitted in other Arab countries, if someone has a problem with the rules in Qatar go live and work in Saudi, Iran etc.......then you'll find out what restrictions and penalties are really like.
The end is, these rules are here because some people cant keep to the unwritten ones and if other unwritten ones are ignored then there will be more new rules and restrictions. It in our hands what will happen in the future.
we have to look at the reasons behind this and understand the implications. Put youreslf in the shoes of the ruling family, you have realised that to build your wealth and a future for your country you require the knowledge and expertise of the western world, to this end you make attractive conditions to lure westerns experts and companies. You are a muslim country, in the middle of the hot spot of the world, around you are wars, hard line Muslim countries, Muslim hard line thinkers who believe in the total Muslim state, and there you are in the middle, trying to build a future with western know-how. You need the western knowledge but at the same tine you can't buy it at the cost that you religion is compremised. There are enough hard liners who will point fingers at the rulers and insist on the strict and uncompremising Muslim laws which prevail all around you in other countrries.
Then some westerners , who beleive in their freedom and right to live their live as if they were back home, break some basic common sense rules which apply in most Arab muslim countries, what do you do? you must do something to head off any hard line reactions in your country, so you suggest a Dress Code for foreigners, this way everybody knows for sure what goes and what doesnt, you can show others that you have reacted and done something, without bringing in Hard line laws.
The question is thats that problem dealt with but whats the next hanging around the corner waiting to raise its ugly head? This Dress Code is not being brought in just for fun, its a reaction to a disregard to common sense rules which everybody knows exist in Muslim countries and if you didnt know then you should have done you homework better before coming. We must be happy that Qatar is more relexed than other Muslim countries, that we are able to do things here which are not permitted in other Arab countries, if someone has a problem with the rules in Qatar go live and work in Saudi, Iran etc.......then you'll find out what restrictions and penalties are really like.
The end is, these rules are here because some people cant keep to the unwritten ones and if other unwritten ones are ignored then there will be more new rules and restrictions. It in our hands what will happen in the future.