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Its also a silly practice to most arabs,
How right you are mate. Went to an Arabic wedding in the Jordanian desert once and because no one had warned me in advance, I was shocked when many of the men pulled out revolvers and started firing into the air. I seemed to be the only one who was worried about the bullets falling to earth again. Because people have been killed and injured the govt have tried to clamp down on the practise.
Edit: See here:http://al-shorfa.com/cocoon/meii/xhtml/en_GB/features/meii/features/main/2010/09/09/feature-02
Sorry, tried 3 times to get that link to work but gave up through lack of expertise.