The Dean

Watch out, Dubai............

http://business.maktoob.com/20090000...il/Article.htm

Shadya

So working out at the local gym may prove to be a costly exercise.

Norm_uk

Are they now saying you have to keep the fast in inside private establishments like sports clubs?

What's next, come around your house and fine you for having a glass of water?

Strange how you can wander the streets in other Islamic countries (Turkey and Eygpt come to mind) munching and drinking and smoking to your heart's content during ramadan...

N.

The Dean

Turkey an Islamic country?? They claim to be secular - they even told the UN that once........

Spugsy

I was drinking from the fountain at fitness first last year and no-one said anything, loads of people were.

kittycat1

Ok not eating I can deal with but no smoking...... bollocks

seven seas

Like most things, you'd have to be either very unlucky or very stupid to get into trouble for this.

Meow

Legally they are. They are a secular state (courtesy of Ataturk), but some 98% of the population are Muslim.

IMO religion & state should be separate. Politics and religion is too often treated as the same thing.

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Norm_uk

Hear Hear...

...Islam is really little more than 6th Century Arabian cultural imperialism. Turkey is a Muslim state and although many Turks are not half as extreme or literal in their interpretation of Islam as their neighbours to the south and east they are Muslims nonetheless.

N.

Tiger989

You can smoke as long you are discrete

The Dean

Aaaarrrgggghhhh.......... my worst pet-hate misuse of a word (nothing personal, Tiger)..............

http://www.gcse.com/english/discreet.htm

Tiger989

Loool going to sue you :P haha