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Michelle Obama Dons Headscarf (At a Mosque in Indonesia)
The Manila Bulletin ^ | November 10, 2010

Posted on 11/11/2010 9:54:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

JAKARTA — US first lady Michelle Obama donned a headscarf on a visit to mosque in Indonesia on Wednesday, not a requirement for a non-Muslim but a sign of the Obamas' efforts to show respect for the Islamic world.

Wearing a beige headscarf adorned with gold beads and a flowing chartreuse trouser suit, the first lady toured Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, Southeast Asia's largest, while on a short state visit to the world's most populous Muslim country.

US President Barack Obama had been expected to visit another major religious site during his Asian tour, the Sikh Golden Temple in India, but media reports said the visit was canceled after aides balked at the idea of the president wearing a scarf or skullcap required at the site.

Barack Obama is a Christian but faces persistent sniping among some members of the US public that he is a Muslim and, the reports said, aides feared pictures of him wearing such headgear could fuel such rumors


TOPICS: Current Events; Islam; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: indonesia; islam; michelleobama; muslim; obama
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But it is a requirement for a Muslim woman? Well, there you go!
1 posted on 11/11/2010 9:54:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As soon as I saw this article, a fleeting thought: maybe she should actually be wearing a paper bag over her head. Then I thought, man, that’s rude. So I’m just going to let that thought pass right by.


2 posted on 11/11/2010 9:57:58 PM PST by redpoll
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My thoughts too.


3 posted on 11/11/2010 9:59:51 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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4 posted on 11/11/2010 10:00:16 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: redpoll

She’s a two-bagger with a burlap spare and an emergency Hefty bag.


5 posted on 11/11/2010 10:00:25 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~Mencken)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Michelle Obama is one of the few people in public life who would, publicity wise, benefit from wearing a Burqa! IMHO


6 posted on 11/11/2010 10:03:13 PM PST by J Edgar
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7 posted on 11/11/2010 10:04:12 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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WHO, in heaven's name' wears chartreuse as if it was in any way a real color?
8 posted on 11/11/2010 10:04:12 PM PST by MestaMachine (Farrago fatigans! - Thuffering thuccotash!)
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To: J Edgar

If only they made one that large...


9 posted on 11/11/2010 10:04:26 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~Mencken)
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WHO, in heaven's name wears chartreuse as if it was in any way a real color?
10 posted on 11/11/2010 10:04:28 PM PST by MestaMachine (Farrago fatigans! - Thuffering thuccotash!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
yep they show all sorts of respect for the Moslem's world but thumb the nose at Christians..make a stop in a church only when a moslem speaker is there..kind of makes one wonder...
11 posted on 11/11/2010 10:05:16 PM PST by celtic gal
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To: redpoll

When we went to a mosque in Egypt on a tour, the women were required to wear a scarf or hat. I think this is status quo for all tours. Tour groups always ensure that women are covered. It is the same with men in Catholic Churches to take off their hat.


12 posted on 11/11/2010 10:07:00 PM PST by napscoordinator
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Any man should remove his hat indoors. That’s common courtesy.

This is something else with this Obama woman.


13 posted on 11/11/2010 10:10:20 PM PST by Senator Goldwater
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You'll get over it, I'm sure...


14 posted on 11/11/2010 10:18:54 PM PST by stormer
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Wearing a beige headscarf adorned with gold beads and a flowing chartreuse trouser suit, the first lady toured Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque...

Flowing.....so that's what it is. Lame attempt to make long and baggy sound elegant.

15 posted on 11/11/2010 10:19:26 PM PST by taraytarah
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To: JoeProBono
In general I find it distasteful to comment on a persons looks, they were born the way they were born but honestly I think she really tries to look idiotic. She really works at being ugly.
16 posted on 11/11/2010 10:22:03 PM PST by svcw (If you put a crouton on a your sundae instead of a cherry, it counts as a salad.)
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She looks like she's wearing her big brother's suit!!

This lady needs a traveling iron!!

17 posted on 11/11/2010 10:22:32 PM PST by LADY J (Change your thoughts and you change your world.. - Norman Vincent Peale)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She should have stayed in India. She’s a God there.


18 posted on 11/11/2010 10:25:36 PM PST by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: stormer

Using a RINO to justify a Democrat? I’ve already seen that movie.


19 posted on 11/11/2010 10:29:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ~Mencken)
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To: MestaMachine

Someone with zero taste and poor judgment in hiring stylists.

Though I think mooochelle could make it work in a burka style.


20 posted on 11/11/2010 10:32:33 PM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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