My non-Muslim friend gave me a great gift idea for the people I’d be staying with in Dubai…get them booze.  In Dubai, there are no liquor stores.  So, for those who want to enjoy a glass of scotch at home will have to drive two hours outside the emirates.  Tho, to accommodate foreign visitors, alcohol is served at hotels.  So, here I am trying to figure out whether I should buy a couple bottles of vodka at the Duty Free in Frankfurt or Dubai.  I decided to ask questions first at Frankfurt’s duty free… one of my questions was how many bottles can I bring?  The sales rep got the book and read the allotment…and then asked are you a Muslim? Yes, I am.  He replied then you are not allowed to buy alcohol.  I felt he was judging me as if I was a rebel and should’ve known that Muslims are not allowed to have alcohol.  Oops.  But then I entered Dubai’s Duty Free and I was allowed four liters of alcohol.