Cheers Gabe, may your God be with you. Is the salutation specific to a particular religion and hence, excludes others? Do Shites and Sunnis accept it equally? What about the Aga khanis? What about the non-coastal areas of East Africa or the coastal areas of West Africa? Would atheists and agnostics be offended by such a greeting?
;-) Regards, George > > Gabe wrote... > RESPONSE: Thanks for that! I lived and worked in both Jeddah and > Riyadh and very few people went through the formality....I am using > the shortened version, as I prefer it; this style of greeting is > widely used in the Coastal areas of East Africa, which had a strong > connection with Omani Arabs. Also non Arab Muslims use this > abbreviated style. Incidentally I was born and raised up in Nairobi, > Kenya.
