@ bornwithoutabrain - it's standard practice in many parts of Europe to greet a friend (both male and female) with a kiss on the cheek. It's ok for Arab men to kiss each other so why should they object to someone greeting a friend/wife/husband in a traditional European manner?

In most European Countries we accept different faiths and religions, we allow them to lead their own lives, follow their cultures and traditions. They build their own communities and nobody objects to them following their beliefs in a foreign country....something the Arab states could well learn from