Why do Muslims hug like that? As per tradition, Muslims hug once, then move heads to the opposite shoulder, then back to original shoulder again. Onlookers are puzzled when they see Muslims hugging like this in public.

To me, it’s a nice brotherly or sisterly hug. Things only get puzzling when the hug starts breaking up and complications arise in the midst of hugging. There are several ways for a hug to get messed up. One, there is the hazardous “BEAR HUG” where one guy (usually a bigger, wider person) squeezes the smaller person into a state of agony and anguish.

Another problematic part of the 3-way hug is that sometimes a miscommunication erupts and the hugger and huggee start on the same side. As a result, the hugging turns into a little more than a hug and left-wing people become happy. This is obviously not part of Islam.

Lastly, another problematic kind of hugging are the complete Haram ones… they look something like this:

I don’t think it can get anymore wrong than that. Unless it’s a combination of the above two which I would probably get sinned for illustrating.