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Gwen Stefani angers Muslims
Jul 31, 2007, 11:10 GMT
US Singer Gwen Stefani (2-R) performs in Bogota, Colombia on 21 July 2007. EPA/RAFA SALAFRANCA
Gwen Stefani could be forced to cancel her Malaysian show after a Muslim group branded her "indecent" and "obscene".
The singer, who is currently on the road with her 'Sweet Escape' tour, is due to perform in Kuala Lumpur next month but the National Union of Malaysian Muslim Students want the concert scrapped because Gwen's image offends Islamic beliefs.
Mohamad Hilmi Ramli said: "Her video clips promoting the event are too obscene. We want the organisers to cancel the concert, failing which we will ask the authorities to intervene."
Ramli also slammed Malaysian mobile phone company Maxis Communications for promoting Gwen's concert and exposing young Malaysians to "moral decay".
He fumed: "Maxis has been staging a series of foreign acts to make a profit and to expose our young generation to things such as moral decay."
Gwen's Kuala Lumpur show is due to take place at the Stadium Putra on August 21.
The 'Hollaback Girl' singer will also perform in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, China and Hawaii before taking her tour to Europe.
(C) BANG Media International
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She's a woman with an uncovered face. She's rich, powerful and independent. She's a threat to every one of these Islamic automatons. Notice they were going to demand intervention by the 'authorities'. Who, really, is the authority?
Slavery sure is easy, for the slavemasters.
i think these muslims are too easily offended by absolutely everything generally speaking, but in this instance a good point is made about moral decay. the music industry is all about sex as is the entertainment industry in general, we're constantly exposed to near naked people simulating sex and acting provocatively and such like and so called 'artists' are constantly looking to push the boundaries and take it to new levels of depravity.
Only last month a young relatively unknown female singer (kate perry) shot to no1 in the charts and instant stardom with her song ''i kissed a girl and i liked it'' (a song all about a lesbian encounter and how enjoyable it was).. not to mention that in the video to the song she is scantily clad and acting in a sexually provocative manner.... fast forward a few weeks and this girl is now being put on a pedestal as some kind of role model and even given the job of presenting the european mtv music awards.....
we've got to take a look at ourselves and think about what we're exposing our children to and the effect such things have on impressionable minds
This isn't right and isn't how things used to be or should be....
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TypicalJul 31st, 2007 - 22:08:29
Stefani offensive? She is one of the few pop stars who keeps it all covered up for goodness sake.
So very happy to not be imprisoned in my mind by any religion as restrictive as that.
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