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Lebanese singer causes Gulf storm
BBC ^ | 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'

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


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To: E. Cartman

I envisioned something like the butterfly effect...


21 posted on 04/30/2008 3:00:40 PM PDT by Hyzenthlay (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: fishhound

More amazing than her looks is the fact that she is a Muslim AND STILL ALIVE.

Her ex-husband has kept her daughter from her for 10 years.


22 posted on 04/30/2008 3:01:40 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: PzLdr

“Hell! She can sing for me if she’s mute!”

Here you go. Entirely work safe by western standards, but may cause Islamists to blow their stacks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXCfUtQMg8c&feature=related

Personally, she ain’t all that to me. She can’t really sing, and I find her cheap-looking and obvious. The crowd of young males loves her, though.


23 posted on 04/30/2008 3:03:57 PM PDT by Thomas W.
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To: vladimir998

“More amazing than her looks is the fact that she is a Muslim AND ...” we can see her.

but you hit the nail on the head...now some twerpy mullah will probably issue a fatwa.


24 posted on 04/30/2008 3:21:48 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: Hyzenthlay; fishhound

If only camels could sing, there would have been no problem in the first place.
And if sheep could cook, the devout Muslim male could dispense with women altogether.


25 posted on 04/30/2008 3:21:48 PM PDT by E. Cartman (Ronald Reagan's single biggest mistake: Picking Poppy Bush to be his veep.)
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To: PzLdr

Great line. LOL


26 posted on 04/30/2008 3:22:29 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: PzLdr

you mean hum a few.... lol


27 posted on 04/30/2008 3:23:13 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: E. Cartman

I think someone else had to give them fire.


28 posted on 04/30/2008 3:24:57 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: knarf

oh how I yearn for my ancestral homeland. LOL!!


29 posted on 04/30/2008 3:25:18 PM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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To: r9etb

She can also whip up a mean dish of kebab, hummus and tabouleh.


30 posted on 04/30/2008 3:33:00 PM PDT by 353FMG (Don't make the mistake to think that Government is a Friend of the People)
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To: r9etb
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31 posted on 04/30/2008 4:27:45 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Chode

lol


32 posted on 04/30/2008 4:29:24 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: fishhound

Har...

This is funny because they built a causeway to Bahrain from Al Khobar so Saudi’s would have a place they could drive to sin.


33 posted on 04/30/2008 4:35:32 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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To: fishhound

I knew her Mama !!.........:o)


34 posted on 04/30/2008 4:39:59 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Squantos

lol


35 posted on 04/30/2008 6:05:54 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: bert

Heard about that.
Wonder if they refer to it as the “highway to hell” the rest of the week...hypocritical b*stards.


36 posted on 04/30/2008 6:08:06 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: Chode

lol


37 posted on 04/30/2008 6:08:54 PM PDT by fishhound (Boycott the Olympics in China.)
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To: Thomas W.
"I find her cheap-looking and obvious"

Cheap and obvious...sometimes that's enough...as in her case.
38 posted on 04/30/2008 6:13:19 PM PDT by The Louiswu (Just say NO... to Hillary and O'Bama)
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To: r9etb

a very nice pose here:

http://www.arabiccelebrities.com/images/Letter_H_pictures/Haifaa_Wehbe/haifa-wehbe-069.jpg


39 posted on 04/30/2008 6:35:35 PM PDT by isom35
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