A shot-gun wedding, Arab style, means firing into the air as an expression of joy, not pointing the muzzle at a reluctant groom. But that happy custom may soon be ended in Israel. Sheikh Jabber Muadi, a Druze leader and Deputy Minister of Agriculture, warned that he would ask the authorities to confiscate guns brought to wedding celebrations unless Arabs–and members of his own Druze community–head his warning to cease fire. He published his request in response to appeals from many wedding guests who were wounded at the noisy nuptials.
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