Omar Hussain, a former security guard from England, joined the Islamic State in Syria as “Abu Saeed al Britani.” In a recent blog post, he went on a racist rant about the “cultural differences” between Westerners and Arabs.

His rant includes complaints about lack of respect for space by Arabs, childish behavior, shoe stealing, poor eating etiquette, bad administration technique, and being loud while others are trying to sleep.

Choice excerpts of Hussain’s rant include:

This is a common habit for Arabs in the Middle East. I remember an incident from when I first came to Shām; I was sitting in ribāt next to another British brother, and as we were talking a Syrian brother came into the room and sat between me and the brother, he then reached for my backpack and opened it. The brother didn’t ask my permission but apparently that was not needed as it’s the habit of Arabs to go through other people’s property without their permission.

Unfortunately Syrians seem to be very childish in their dealings and mannerisms in how they interact with each other. It’s not an unusual sight to see a fully grown Syrian man acting like a child and playing around with other brothers.

In the west, it is common knowledge to walk out of a room wearing the same pair of shoes that you wore while entering the room. Nay, it is common sense. However here in Shām, our Syrian brothers have a very peculiar philosophy whereby they believe that everyone can share each other’s footwear, irrespective of foot size. Someone who is a size 40 will casually walk out the room wearing your footwear even though you are a size 44, and strangely he may not even realise. Weird? Of course it is.

As Westerners we are naturally good at administration work as our whole life is based on an organised structure. From school days to work life, we have a systematic structure in place on how to deal with issues. In every system we have the hierarchy structure. For example, in school we have the teacher above us, above whom is the deputy head, above whom is the head teacher. Everyone has a role to play in the system and everyone knows his job role in the organisation.
Unfortunately in the Arab world, building a structure and administrating it is not one of their strong points. There are many flaws and errors in putting an Arab in charge, especially if he is uneducated (which sadly is the majority).

Another irritating feature of Arabs is that due to them being heavy sleepers, they see no problem in speaking very loud while others are fast asleep (or even trying to sleep). This can be so frustrating especially when you tell them to quieten down only to have them speak loud again after a few minutes.

It is not uncommon to see an Arab throw objects at animals and to chase a hungry cat away. Nor is it uncommon to see some from among them killing harmless dogs. Indeed the Prophet (saw) ordered us to kill black dogs as they are Jinns which have taken the form of animals, however Arabs tend to take it a step further and kill all dogs even though they may be harmless.

Hussain believes that if the Islamic State continues to grow that there will be cultural clashes.

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September 16, 2015 11:15 pm