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Michelle Obama forgoes a headscarf and sparks a backlash in Saudi Arabia
Washington Post ^ | 1/27/15 | Adam Taylor

Posted on 01/27/2015 4:04:36 PM PST by Libloather

**SNIP**

As noted by the Associated Press, Michelle Obama did not wear a headscarf or veil Tuesday. In Saudi Arabia, that's unusual: The country is one of the few on Earth where women are expected to cover their heads, and most Saudi women wear niqabs.

Exceptions are made for foreigners, however, and Michelle – who did wear loose clothing that fully covered her arms – appears to have been one of them. In photographs from the official events, other foreign female guests are also shown not wearing headscarves.

More than 1,500 tweets using the hashtag #ميشيل_أوباما_سفور (roughly, #Michelle_Obama_immodesty) were sent Tuesday, many of which criticized the first lady. Some users pointed out that on a recent trip to Indonesia, Michelle had worn a headscarf. Why not in Saudi Arabia?

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: backlash; headscarf; kingabdullahfuneral; michelle; saudiarabia
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To: 2banana

The same was true in most of Europe until there was good reliable heat. All eastern women in the old movies made to report events in the thirties and forties show women in headscarves

Nuns still wear head coverings, real tight full head coverings

pioneer American women wore various bonnets as head coverings


21 posted on 01/27/2015 4:21:05 PM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: bert

Any of the places you listed have “morals police” that will arrest the “uncovered” woman?

Any of these places will have people throw acid into the faces of the “uncovered” woman?


22 posted on 01/27/2015 4:23:59 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground witprinted h terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Libloather
Once again, chaos becomes them. It's what they do. They are the center of the universe. Only at a state funeral does arrogance and ill-manner of the Obama tradition trump the Saudi royal family and their loss.

What a pair!

23 posted on 01/27/2015 4:27:00 PM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Libloather

Foregoes a head scarf? She should be required to wear a paper bag. If she had any self respect, she would do so simply to avoid being seen with Barrack!


24 posted on 01/27/2015 4:30:51 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Libloather

Michelle should have hopped into a car and drove to the nearest Christian Church seeking sanctuary.


25 posted on 01/27/2015 4:32:00 PM PST by reagandemocrat
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To: Libloather
If I was on the beach and saw ميشيل_أوباما_سفو in the sand I would say, "ahah, a sandpiper with a hangnail walked by here".
26 posted on 01/27/2015 4:33:40 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Libloather
I'm not sure, but doesn't Sharia Law levy something like 200 lashes for such an outrageous breach of modesty?

I certainly hope they cut her sentence at least in half in the interest of "friendly relations". Perhaps if her husband promises to beat her with a stick no thicker than his index finger for a while they will reduce it more? It would only be fitting justice, and all that.

27 posted on 01/27/2015 4:34:08 PM PST by Gritty (Islam is not a peaceful religion. It never has been. It never will be .- Franklin Graham)
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To: Libloather

and they freaked a few days ago about John Boehner and Protocol ,LOL


28 posted on 01/27/2015 4:35:22 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: molson209

“Her Muslim husband should get a grip on her.”

Him and what army?

Good for the Mooch. Too bad she couldn’t beat the new head creep with her handbag a la Aunt Esther.


29 posted on 01/27/2015 4:38:19 PM PST by Cecily
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To: ViLaLuz
I thought women were the only ones required to wear headscarves

Barry probably had already explained that the guy with him is really Michael LaVaughn Robinson.

30 posted on 01/27/2015 4:38:28 PM PST by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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To: ASA Vet

These 2 are a disaster where ever they go ,LOL


31 posted on 01/27/2015 4:42:59 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: ASA Vet

Where is Barry’s headscarf?


32 posted on 01/27/2015 4:48:04 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Libloather

These two p**s on everyone.


33 posted on 01/27/2015 4:48:28 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - Open Up!" "Must be another UPS delivery, honey.")
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To: BenLurkin
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34 posted on 01/27/2015 4:49:03 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Gritty

Mrs. O did nothing wrong——neither did Laura Bush when she visited.

No head covering needed.

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35 posted on 01/27/2015 4:50:43 PM PST by Mears (awesome.)
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To: Morgana
I don’t believe it! For the first time Mooch did something for Women that I am proud of!!!

IKR? Here's the rub. The egomaniacal Bomos are inconsistent and clueless. They bow to this leader, where a headscarf for that leader, play with robots, where neon robes, refuse to see some and take selfies with others. The message is mixed and subject to interpretation by the world. They are just blundering through this presidency thing. The country they are most uncomfortable in is the US. That's the country they hate the most.

36 posted on 01/27/2015 4:56:57 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
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To: Libloather
"Michelle Obama forgoes a headscarf..."

She probably wore it as a boob belt.

37 posted on 01/27/2015 4:57:55 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: exit82
Fisting tires them out.
38 posted on 01/27/2015 5:05:42 PM PST by boomop1
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To: Libloather

Who the hell cares what the 7th century nitwits in Saudi Arabia think???? They need us a hell of a lot more than we need them and with Yemen on their doorstep, they have a whole lot more to worry about than Mrs. Obama’s hair....


39 posted on 01/27/2015 5:11:03 PM PST by terycarl (common sense prevails over all)
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To: Libloather

I’m sure the Saudi’s forgot about it when they noticed Mooch’s bulge - probably figured transgender.


40 posted on 01/27/2015 5:31:10 PM PST by rainee (Her)
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