Asalaamu alaikum -
Here in the Sacramento area (and I'm sure elsewhere in the country) there's a group called "SASO" which stands for South Asian Student Organization. Most of the members are college students and almost all of them come from "South Asian" countries, such as Pakistan & India. This coming February they are hosting a large party, as their Facebook page calls it "a night of mayhem".
Their ad says "...what's better around the time of Valentine's Day then a fun night dancing away with your sweetheart or just your amazing friends!" and calls for folks to dress in their best cultural/"desi" attire. And you can bet a large number of Muslims - men and women - will be attending to dance the night away together (confirmed by looking at those who responded to the RSVP as "attending").
Well, a young Pakistani friend of mine posted a comment on their site that when I first read it had me laughing until I cried... he wrote:
"Haramalaykum! Ya'll have fun now!" and he got blocked because of it.
I'm still chuckling....
(ps I know that many on the Indian subcontinent are not Muslim and therefore don't have the gender separation that we do...)
Here in the Sacramento area (and I'm sure elsewhere in the country) there's a group called "SASO" which stands for South Asian Student Organization. Most of the members are college students and almost all of them come from "South Asian" countries, such as Pakistan & India. This coming February they are hosting a large party, as their Facebook page calls it "a night of mayhem".
Their ad says "...what's better around the time of Valentine's Day then a fun night dancing away with your sweetheart or just your amazing friends!" and calls for folks to dress in their best cultural/"desi" attire. And you can bet a large number of Muslims - men and women - will be attending to dance the night away together (confirmed by looking at those who responded to the RSVP as "attending").
Well, a young Pakistani friend of mine posted a comment on their site that when I first read it had me laughing until I cried... he wrote:
"Haramalaykum! Ya'll have fun now!" and he got blocked because of it.
I'm still chuckling....
(ps I know that many on the Indian subcontinent are not Muslim and therefore don't have the gender separation that we do...)
ALhumdulilah 
