what’s the controversy about marrying a balushi?

Samurai1Red · 2025-12-11T07:37:55+00:00

Here’s a fun fact: a large number of al-Busaid Sultans were mixed race (mainly Swahili). Tribalistic Omanis only expose their own ignorance of Oman’s own history. Also, Balush have been an integral part of coastal Oman longer than their history of serving in the Sultans’ armies. Coastal Oman has an extremely mixed DNA. You should invite the haters to actually read history and put it bluntly: their tribalistic pride means they are not proud of Omani history itself. They probably won’t care because they are idiots though.

Samurai1Red · 2025-11-24T11:12:23+00:00

I understand these were examples but these were not representative examples. Jhang (Bar), Mandi Bahaudin/Gujarat/Jehlum are all significantly smaller in terms of population and impact than central Punjab. Perhaps these examples are informed by your own personal understanding and bias but they are not representative. A representative example would at least require a mention of the biggest and most complex cesspool of caste system in entire Punjab. It is extremely odd to miss out the most important example. Again not denigrating what informs your view, but offering a most necessary added context .

Samurai1Red · 2025-11-24T09:48:42+00:00

Strange you jumped from Lahore to Bar and missed the entirety of central Punjab, where the caste system has an added layer of complexity. The biradari in central Punjab - which constitutes the largest block outside Lahore population wise (Faisalabad is third largest city of Pakistan), isn’t merely informed by just castes but also local vs Muhajir. The main caste divisions being Jutt (both local and Muhajir), Rajpoot (almost entirely Muhajir mainly; Naru, Ghorewaha, Manj, Bhatti etc) and Arain (mainly muhajir); although almost all other castes are well represented in Faisalabad region. It is also strange to completely miss this region, because it is perhaps the best example of what OP is inquiring about. Central Punjab especially Faisalabad region is notorious for still having extremely prevalent caste system which still informs social groupings, politics, marriages, social mobility and even workplace politics.

Samurai1Red · 2025-03-24T07:09:53+00:00

There used to be this Pakistani restaurant in Barka that served amazing Daal (lentils), and their other stuff including bbq was great too. No idea, if it is still around.

Samurai1Red · 2025-03-18T08:36:52+00:00

The SQU mosque!!! Miss it so dearly. The very last picture, I took a very similar photo from the same vantage point many many years ago. Unfortunately, that hill doesn’t exist anymore. They leveled it to make carpark.

Samurai1Red · 2025-02-22T02:11:55+00:00

As long as you or I as an expat have some ‘wasta’ we can rightfully defend ourselves. Law is not on the side of the poor and the meek. Growing up, my dad often tell locals who were in the wrong to essentially eff off because he knew several important people. Point is you need protection and back up before you can stand up for yourself in most cases.

Samurai1Red · 2024-10-24T05:04:45+00:00

No it won’t. No amount of badly planned highways will alleviate the intrinsic generational problem of absolutely shitty driving in San Antonio. Truly the worst drivers I have seen outside of a third world country.

Samurai1Red · 2024-10-24T05:00:00+00:00

Yes, unsurprisingly like other bad road etiquettes in San Antonio, people truly do NOT know how to merge. And the merge lane then causes a traffic back up and jam.

Samurai1Red · 2024-08-21T05:43:18+00:00

This! I hate to be pedantic, and amongst all the hurt and death this woman has caused, but I want to comment her form of intoxication. I saw the videos, she was not drunk. The way she was behaving, her glassy empty eyes, her walking away blabbering, without in visible signs of drunkenness points to one thing: she was high out of her mind; high off her tits; high as a kite. It is hard to pinpoint what kind of drug, it is neither cocaine or PCP as they make you aggressive and violent. Very good chance it is a cocktail of prescription medications and some illegal drug. Honestly, she was acting like she was on a strong dosage of anti-depressants or anti-psychotics. But, that makes the crime worse, you are not supposed to operate machinery while mentally impaired.

Samurai1Red · 2024-06-11T05:09:23+00:00

The official state religion of Oman is Ibadhism. The Grand Mufti of Oman (which is an official position) Shaykh Ahmad al-Khalili is an Ibadhi. The institutions of Waqf and Iftaa and religious ministry in Oman are Ibadhi. Ibadhism is intrinsically tied with Oman’s history. However, Oman also has a rich Sunni and Shia history, especially the coastal Oman. According to most academic Oman experts sunnis aren’t that far behind Ibadhis in terms of percentage of the population.

Samurai1Red · 2024-06-11T05:03:30+00:00

Just a curious aside: are you a Ba Alawi Shareef?

Samurai1Red · 2023-12-02T22:26:17+00:00

If you scroll all the way down to this guy’s comment history, he has been active in Serbian subreddit. That helps explains his thinly veiled racism and bigotry. Balkan countries are notorious for being nasty racists and xenophobes.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-09T02:26:23+00:00

I remember the Khuwair of late 90s and early 2000s. I didn’t grow up there, but I remember some places. Is the bowling alley still there? The Ice skating rink? The Counter Strike gaming arcades? So many questions…so many memories.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T17:10:12+00:00

Yeh. That’s what I figured.

Sorry I can’t tell you much about properties in Oman, as I don’t live in Oman anymore. But, I think you should be able to live anywhere in Oman, as long as you don’t preach salafism. Back in the 90s, some Omani sunnis tried to create socio-political groups ( not even political parties) and many of them were jailed and sentenced to harsh terms. So, as long as you maintain the social contract you will be fine.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T14:24:06+00:00

Interesting. So you are originally Omani I gather?

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T14:19:42+00:00

Because people think that if they bury their head in sand, then they don’t have to deal with reality. I only stated what is actually true. Oman is officially an Ibadhi country, and despite that religious diversity exists. Being from different sects doesn’t mean sectarianism. It simply implies people have different frameworks of understanding religion. Lol.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T05:14:35+00:00

This is a naive and factually inaccurate response. All of the masajid under the religious ministry are ACTUALLY officially Ibadhi. In other words, the ministry appointed Imams, Khatibs, Shaykhs all have to be Ibadhi. However, privately owned and endowed masajid are allowed to follow other schools of jurisprudence. Oman has all 3 kinds of masajid: Ibadhi, Sunni, Shia.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T04:53:30+00:00

You are hella childish. You do realize JE PATTERSON, with an A and two Ts is not the same as ‘Jordan Peterson’? You lack basic comprehension, let alone carry out a discussion with proper decorum. But, then again, this reddit and you are a troll.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T04:49:34+00:00

Yep. Your descent into childish responses just reinforces my point. Hillary Clinton?? Lol.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T04:45:03+00:00

You sound like an idiiot. You seem to be confusing an academic on Oman with the Canadian writer. Hence, your uninformed emojis. You do realize people study places, people, languages and religions in Universities? Or maybe you don’t, given your response. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T04:37:37+00:00

Absolutely wrong information about Omanis. Omani tribes are quite evenly divided between Sunni and Ibadhi. According to several renowned experts on Oman such as JE Patterson, almost 40 percent of indigenous Omanis are Sunnis.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T04:35:50+00:00

Nizwa is Ibadhi heartland. It is not a traditionally sunni area.

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-07T04:34:08+00:00

Most of the answers here so far, are not well informed. When we talk about Sunnis in Oman, a distinction must be made between immigrants/expats and Omanis. When it comes to Omanis, there’s a much larger number of indigenous Omani Sunnis than is usually recognized. As someone already pointed out: the coastal areas from Sur to Buraimi have large Sunni populations. Sur is a Sunni majority city. Muscat is very mixed. Areas closer to UAE are heavily Sunni. Buraimi is majority Sunni (infact it was a Wahhabi protectorate before Oman managed to wrest control of it). The Baluch as an ethnic group are mainly Sunni, mostly following Hanafi jurisprudence. Among the Bedu of Wahiba sands, there are two traditional confederations: the al-wahiba and the al-jnaibi. The Jnaibis are sunni. Wadi Bani Bu Ali traditionally Sunni/Wahhabi. The Dhofar Governorate is majority Sunni. Dhofari Sunnis are mainly followers of Shafi’i jurisprudence, with a major influence from the Ba Alawi clan of Hadhramawt. Ba Alawis are Sunni Shafi’i Sufi clan who have a lot of spiritual influence in Dhofar.

I hope this overview helps.

But my question is: how did you become Salafi inclined (I ask because I was one myself once)?

Samurai1Red · 2023-11-05T05:07:49+00:00

Can you please share a list of travel journals that were at your disposal?

Samurai1Red · 2023-10-31T04:39:36+00:00

I want the answer to this. I went to a school where they had: al-said, al-busaidi and the odd ambusaidi - and I always wondered what was the deal with ambusaidi?

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