Why has no one ever told her that it's not what you reveal but what you conceal which makes you more alluring. However, that's not even the issue here:
Beyonce Knowles says she will perform in Malaysia in October, two years after canceling a show in this Muslim-majority country after protesters threatened to disrupt the concert because of her sexy image and clothing. The R&B superstar's upcoming show is already drawing the ire of conservatives in this country, where female performers are required to cover up from the shoulders to knees with no cleavage showing.
"We are not against entertainment as long as it is within the framework of our culture and our religion," Sabki said. "We are against Western sexy performances. We don't think our people need that."
There are different issues here, all being mish-mashed into one. The issue if decency is one thing and the issue of killing off fun is another. The story of Inul in Indonesia is a case in point. Vilified by the Imams for lascivious conduct, nevertheless follow that clip and see the attire she's wearing. She does not let it all hang out, as the western woman does.
It doesn't have to be a Muslim society either. When we were in Cypress, my gf had to change into something which revealed less before going into a Makarios church. She was up in arms about that but I pointed out that that was their rules, they were well within their rights to ask that and so it should be. I went into a mosque without footwear and I went into a synagogue wearing kippar on the head.
So what?
That she should wish to bowl in, promoting her slatternliness in a culture which does not appreciate it is beyond that sort of person.
And another thing - if we are to fight back against the imposition of Muslim life on us by means of spreading our own culture to Muslim nations, then let it be our higher culture that gets exported, not something which reveals our cultural ignorance.
Let it be something which edifies them and let's them see something higher to aspire for.
She dresses like a prostitutue.
ReplyDeleteCypress, kippar? I trust you meant Cyprus, kipper?
ReplyDeleteSince the host country should feel free to impose their restrictions on performers, shouldn't the performers feel free to not go there?
ReplyDelete(or you just arguing that her style of (non)dress is simply ignorant)?
Beyonce is certainly showing a lack of respect for the cultural mores of Malaysia. Surely the locals that would attend her show are well aware of her image and are willing to pay to see her in the flesh and it is the government that is trying to protect the masses from her, um, charms?
ReplyDeleteI concur with Lord Nazh on her freedom to NOT perform there.
I didn't think it was about "spreading our own culture to Muslim nations" but about retaining our own culture within our own nation.
ReplyDeleteYou leave out the fact that the only people she would be 'insulting' is the government and the people that don't go.
ReplyDeleteI guarantee she'd have a sold out concert and people would line up to buy any extra tix :)
She dresses like a whore. But media and men like it. Try sounding off about Britney dressed as a school girl slut as I did once on a British blog and I was accused of being a puritan or a feminist. Or fat and ugly. I'm none. I even used to sing house music in dance clubs without having to dress like a whore to get the right result!
ReplyDelete"She does not let it all hang out, as the western woman does"
I don't
Half the Asian girls I talk to who wear a niqab do it to reject western female whore culture. The other half do it to act like islamic gansta molls.
She is a great talent. She could try some style for once. I couldn't care less what they think of her there in some Islamic hole though