Agreed that Brody as a Bad Muslim works very well! About the washing, this is mostly something I learnt from teaching in a school with a high Muslim population. There was in fact a minor scandal when the kids were only given like a 5 minute break to say one of their prayers which occurred during class time. The miscommunication stemmed from the fact that the non-Muslim teachers didn't realise that "prayer time" had to include "go to a source of water and wash," and to the kids you just didn't have one without the other. When I've heard Muslim people talk about what counts as prayer they have always included washing, as opposed to say Jews, who also require washing but mostly don't see it as THAT important, say, in a time of stress, or wouldn't see it as a part of prayer itself. It's hard to say what Brody's education was like, but if he knows the prayers it would make sense to me that he would also know that washing was a big part of it. So I can see him slacking off and not being too strict about praying 5 times a day or at the proper times, but the not washing especially given ample opportunity seemed weird to me.
BUT, not an actual Muslim myself, etc etc. And great point about no sex, that's the best answer yet maybe (although he'd still have to wash hands and feet so...?).
BUT, not an actual Muslim myself, etc etc. And great point about no sex, that's the best answer yet maybe (although he'd still have to wash hands and feet so...?).
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