Can you explain that a little further?
It's the same here, last week they started a "raid" on people employed by the government who have tats, they found about 100 in one major city and now say these people are "asked" to have the tattoos removed....
A lot of jobs they ask you if you have one, and you won't get the job with a tattoo, also most gyms you can't get a membership with a tattoo, well if you tell them that is.
now that's just ridiculous! LOL
it's not that bad here... there's a "hadeeth" by the prophet that says "those (women) who recieve tattoos, give tattoos, pluck others eyebrows and those who get their eyebrows plucked are damned by god"
in the arabic language (and in most of the islamic religion) what is referenced to men includes women, but what is referenced to women is specifically for women...
but this religion is mostly based on culture... the culture here does not accept tattoos, so they (scholars who are dumber than bricks) included men in this.
so, if you have a tattoo, you are considered damned to eternity. it's like walking around and saying "yeah, i committed sodomy, got a problem?"
there aren't many harsh reprecusions (sp?), but you get a lot of idiots coming to you and giving you a hard time about it.
but nothing to the point of raids and that crap.
