just coz i have lived in the middle east all my life doesn't mean that i should have no questions unanswered.and when i said that,i meant to say that i have seen more than enough homes lit up like this in every GCC country i have visited....without exception.the question has plagued me for years and i have asked many people too.it's just that i decided to quiz QL about it only now....coz i was not getting any satisfactory answers.hope i have cleared what you assumed to be "blatant contradiction"

Going to church no more makes you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. ~ Garrison Keillor