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Lebanese singer causes Gulf storm
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| Wednesday, 30 April 200
| Frances Harrison, BBC religious affairs correspondent
Posted on 04/30/2008 1:49:26 PM PDT by fishhound
A raunchy Lebanese singer is causing controversy in Bahrain, where she is due to perform for the first time.
All but one of the members of the Gulf kingdom's Islamist-dominated parliament have approved a motion urging the government to ban Haifa Wehbe's show.
They objected on the grounds that the pop superstar's performance would be sexually provocative, violating Islamic conventions and Bahrain's traditions.
Organisers had earlier promised she would dress modestly during the show.
Four years ago, MPs forced the satellite channel MBC to suspend the production of an Arabic version of Big Brother being filmed in Bahrain because it offended "the virtues and traditions of the Arab world".
'Sexual singer'
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
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"....because it offended "the virtues and traditions of the Arab world"."
Hm... decapitation or cleavage that's a real tough one. /S
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:49:26 PM PDT
by
fishhound
To: Squantos
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:50:00 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: fishhound
She may give the clerics pause, but she’s no angel. She supports Hizbollah.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:52:09 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If the angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion." -M. Kolbe)
To: fishhound
“At one point, newspapers criticised her provocative dancing, saying she moved every possible part of her body including parts that have no muscles in them.”
This is just too scary how messed up they are.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:52:22 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: fishhound
Lebanese singer causes Gulf stormGotta get my eyes checked. I thought it said, "Lesbian singer causes Gulf storm". I had envisioned a bulldyke doing a cannonball in The Mediterannean Sea causing a tsunami.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:53:33 PM PDT
by
E. Cartman
(Ronald Reagan's single biggest mistake: Picking Poppy Bush to be his veep.)
To: fishhound
For further research.... Poke Here.
Not Guilty. Or Guilty as charged, but wow!
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:54:47 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: fishhound
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:55:14 PM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona....)
To: r9etb
You are my here today...awesome...thanks.
Schwing.
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:55:39 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: E. Cartman
esh my mind immediately put a burka on that one. lol
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:56:45 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: r9etb
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posted on
04/30/2008 1:57:14 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(Boycott the Olympics in China.)
To: r9etb
Gotta wonder what she looked like before all the plastic surgery. Lebanon has a very high rate of those willing to go under the cosmetic knife.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:13:10 PM PDT
by
KKing
To: fishhound
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:25:52 PM PDT
by
QQQQ
To: r9etb
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:30:53 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: r9etb
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:31:27 PM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
To: fishhound
The arabs should just issue male chastity goggles
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:37:49 PM PDT
by
OeOeO
(Sic Transit Gloria Mundi... Gloria get me a beer,and hurry..)
To: OB1kNOb
She looks a lot like the young egyptian lady in my office.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:38:05 PM PDT
by
L,TOWM
(Liberals, The Other White Meat)
To: L,TOWM
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:42:15 PM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
("We like Mr. Obama and we hope he will win the election." - Ahmed Yousef, Hamas PM advisor)
To: Pyro7480
So even the strictest Islamic societies have their left-wing hippie nut cases? Glad to know we’re all still human.
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:49:00 PM PDT
by
Clock King
(The Oligarchy will make slaves of us all)
To: fishhound
Hell! She can sing for me if she’s mute!
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posted on
04/30/2008 2:49:47 PM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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