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The Daily PollKHLOE KARDASHIAN CAUSED a bit of a stir worldwide yesterday when she took this Instagram selfie in Dubai.
Yes, that’s our Khloe wearing a niqab and not being ashamed to tell us all about it.
The photo has polarised online opinion with some claiming it displays astounding cultural ignorance and double-standards on behalf of the younger Kardashian, while others suggest that it really shouldn’t be taken all that seriously.
So, what do you think?
Today’s poll: Is this photo offensive?
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Attention seeking woman voluntarily wearing niqab = not offensive
Women forced to wear niqab = offensive
Emily, unfortunately the young girls that do follow her will not see your comment, at least we are old enough to know better.
Terrible thing to do…remains to be seen now will this be the new autumn/winter fad in the high street stores.
She should sack her mumager for this stunt.
I will be really surprised if western women start wearing religious veils as a trend.
Get ready to be surprised…the high street stores dont do religion, they do do trendy though. If this latest kardashian folly takes off..the shops will follow. Look at the bikinis for 5 yr olds a few years back, only removed when parents got involved.
Its a sad reality, but unfortunately true.
Where’s the “I don’t care” option?
Well considering that photos like this one have been taken of the majority of the Jenners/Kardashians, Beyoncé, and the majority of fashion/style icons yet there have been no hijabs or other scarves being stocked as accessories shows something. I mean come on. Imagine the controversy caused if River Island started trying to make money off of Islamic traditions or other religions.
I just see it as fancy dress
What about women forbidden from wearing them? Is that offensive?
Kate, if i’m wrong i’m wrong, hands up, but I dont remember Beyonce wearing a niqab, maybe she did, so I wont argue with you.
the “debate” is hilarious – as if anyone in the Gulf states would actually be offended by a visitor wearing a niqab. I suppose the kinds of people who care what a Kardashian wears are probably completely unaware of what a niqab is for anyway.
He he he… You said do do (sorry I couldn’t resist)
Beyonce has worn one, on more than one occasion.
Tim, spot on. Anyone that follows these idiots will now think its a fashion statement.
Jees only a few weeks ago they were all sticking their lips into bottles to make them swell like Kylie Jenners.
Seriously..the world has gone mad
That happened over a year ago and nobody started wearing the headscarves. Again, it would be PR suicide if you stocked them and tried to market something with such genuine religious and cultural gravity. And well considering that Kylie both admitted to getting fillers and told people not to do the challenge, think we can blame that on peer pressure and people going social media crazy.
Well first of all, Dubai is one of the most liberal places there is in the region. Anyone who has been there will notice that there are PLENTY of women who wear no head covering of any kind.
There’s a massive assumption that such clothing is forced. In loads of cases it is rejected by a personal decision – in loads of cases women have pride in wearing one of the many forms of head covering.
Of course that’s not to pretend like it’s all the decision of the woman in question – there are obviously rights issues also. But generally, there are other concerns, like the fact that husbands set the pin number for their wife’s bank card on a joint account, which is undeniably devaluing.
In the days before media went mental spreading fear of all things Muslim, we used to see women in head coverings in Turkish Delight adverts – and all we thought about was getting the kettle on before the next bit of the Late Late Show came back on.
Aideen, seriously??? So she, Beyonce, covers her face with the veil and then goes half naked for the rest of her body.
My point made again. Its just going to end up as some fashion/ fad item ( which may be no harm) . And when it does
Tony, the lady in the turkish delight ad wore a dead scarf with gold dangles..she also did a belly dance…
*head not dead
Mrs Shal, YES! That’s always the point that’s ignored.
Kate, you seem to have an intelligent head on your shoulders..there are quite a few girls out there not as perceptive as you.
So I’m not talking about you.
Thanks. But I’m saying that I don’t think we need to worry about the retailers making this into a trend. It would backfire spontaneously.
No she didn’t Jenni. You really should look things up before just heading straight for the keyboard.
Try this:
CTRL+T
F6
http://www.google.com
Input something to check it – for example, you could try “beyonce muslim” or “fry’s turkish delight”
it would probably mean less key strokes – and definitely less embarrassment.
People trying to cause offense is offensive in its self? To make headlines because they know it is offensive?
Kate, women would wear anything or not if it was trending.
Well that’s just a ridiculous and ignorant thing to say. All women, regardless of age, background, culture, or opinion will wear the same thing if it’s in vogue. Riiiiiiiight.
Why anyone takes the Kardashians seriously or has any interest in anything they do is beyond me. Attention seeking idiots.
Why are they famous please tell me?
I’d love to know the same thing!
Oj and a bit of anal
They first came to the public eye when their Dad represented OJ Simpson. They’re famous for no reason at all as far as I can tell.
Orange juice?
Didn’t see if she came,boi.
Hopefully they’ll declare a fatwa on the fat wan.
Disgustingly funny corkboi
They will do anything to be in the spotlight
everyone shut up.
Cork people?
no anyone who is slagging off the kardahsans
The very fact you’re reading and commenting makes them relevant and you know that’s true. Phenomenon of the 21st century.
i agree eugene.
Fame whor’es
I’m here for the comments….
Poor Gayfish the lyrical wordshit won’t be able to tell his bi@tch apart from a hawwwbit!!
I can confirm he does not have gills…
Attention-seeking dullard. Madonna used to try those types of shock tactics but at least she sung for a living
Keeping Up with the Kardashians is great television. Tune into Sky channel 151 for the best thing on TV.
keeping up with the kardashans is good but lik i wouldnt say its the best thing on television. korutney and khloe take miami is way better.
BUTTERS…..you is hella-grounded!!
Can somebody explain to me why I should be offended by this, aside from the fact that it has a Kardashian in it?
It’s not that you should be offended, you either are or you aren’t.
I am so done with all of this offense bull s h I t going around. Build a bridge and get over it people!!
You legend.
I will have to wait for the comments to see if I should be offended or not ; )
We’ll put you down as a Soft Yes then sure!
What’s offensive about her wearing it? Am I missing something?
Because she isn’t Muslim and wearing it as a fashion statement and wasn’t forced to wear it or brainwashed to believe she should cover her face. I wish she would wear a gag personally.
She’s pretending to be a Ninja
But if a non Muslim woman goes to some of the more conservative Islamic regions then they’re supposed to wear a head scarf.. It’s a niquab especially significant?
It’s a photo. Nothing more. Nothing less. Anybody who is offended needs a kick in the nutsack with the boot of reality.
Don’t want to keep up with them
Hope she does one in a balaclava next.
For no particular reason.
Fetish of yours?
Maybe…
I’m no Kardasian fan but she’s rocking the niqab look. Take note ladies, less is more.
Just noticed her eyes for the first time, they are quite pretty!
With proper make up all peoples eyes are pretty. Especially when they have the mugs face covered attached to said eyes.
It’s only offensive if people believe they’ve a special right to feel aggrieved and demand action for the offence.
I can’t stand the Kar-trashians but this whole it’s offensive b.s is ridiculous.
The encroachment of womens human rights in Islam is and should be offensive to eveey free thinking human being.
Well, aside from her being an attention seeking dimwit, she is doing what we would expect from overseas visitors in our country – trying to fit in by adopting local traditions of dress.
If she was wearing a bikini in Dubai it’d be a lot more offensive. But she’d also get beheaded for that, so it’d make up for it.
People liike her should wear it full time,sick of her and her sisters flashing the flesh
f..ck you i love her sister.
She looks better with her face covered.
I might be missing something here but if she is in Dubai then maybe she was visiting a holy place and was being respective . I don’t think its offensive though .
Hopefully she’ll be abducted by some Bedouin tribe and disappears off the radar for the next 50 years.
It is haram, she is wearing too much make up on her eyes. Very offensive. Regards, Ismail.
I’m highly offended.
What I find the most funny is you’ll have people banging on about how much they hate the kardashians, yet this already has 13k views and nearly 100 comments. People might not like them but they love having an opinion on them!
She is in Dubai which is in the Middle East and the niqab is worn by lots of women so when in Rome do as the Romans do is the saying so what the feck is the big deal here and anyway she can do what the hell she wants, the people who are offended by this are the ones with the real issues if ye ask me
lets be honest kim is okay, but shes not korutney. korutney is my fashion icon she is amazingballs.
if i could be any woman in the world it would be korutney kardashan or maybe khloe so i could go to her house all the time without getting arested.
alas dreams do not come true.
You’re halfway there with that outfit in your pic, a bit of fake tan should get you to nearly there..hee hee
oh i wish jenni. my mammy said i have her eyes though so maybe with the fake tan and my outfit i might look like her. we can all pray.
I think you need a chest wax first though
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder ..
my chest hair is manly i will never wax it.
Breaking : Group of white people think cultural appropriation is not offensive.
More at 10
Do elaborate Andrew.
ron are you stupid he says there will be more at ten. is it ten? no, so just be patient.
You have to wait for thd 10 o clock news
can’t wait.
Actually Andrew I think you might have a point in a round about way.An awful lot of Muslin women in the west wear the ‘veil’ deliberately to stand out as being Muslim.It would make things interesting if it became a throw away fashion trend.I say fu*k the religious if all of a sudden people start taking the pi*s by doing exactly what the religious have been demanding but with a sense of irony.
35 more minutes.. this had better be worth it.
What channel are you going to watch it on Ron?
I was expecting it to be here but it’s 10:02 now so clearly I was mistaken.
..and Coronation Street has just started so I’m not allowed near the tellie. :-(
Cultural appropriation is just another implement for self loathing pc types to self flagellate with.
You were lucky , I was forced to watch that BGT stuff., but I do love my daughter
What and what again? Is it because women in Dubai aren’t allowed take pictures or own a phone? I am confused.
91 comments in 1 hour on a story that nobody is interested in…..
Offence is taken, not given! Get over it.
“Our Khloe”!! Really?
sorry whats supposed to be wrong with it? i hate the kardashians, but all i see is a photograph of her.
Stone age people and their stone age traditions.
She is a bad role model for young women
If she was doing a dump on it I guess some looney fairytale/religious bigots might get offended otherwise I don’t see what the issue is.
Would it be offensive to wear them for Halloween?
Is she a ninja?
Do we find it offensive when tourists wear those leprechaun hats with the ginger hair?!!
You wouldn’t know her with her clothes on
I don’t find it in the least offensive. Any chance it can be a permanent attire?
These garments should be banned anyway, we wouldn’t have to endure these stupid publicity stunts then.
A brown paper bag would also suffice.
They run out of new ideas and then steal them from others, people are realising that the ones especially those in the porn industry wear more clothes at their ceremonies than those at the Oscars, makes you wonder and think?
They are in Dubai preparing the launch of KK new collection for Top Shop on the 3rd of June. This is just part of PR in the region and world to get a bit of attention on them. but who cares about what?
Maybe it shows a bit of respect for the traditions of the UAE. Nothing wrong with that.
Never heard of her.
I think it’s refreshing not to have to look at her big Shrek head.
Finding something offensive is subjective.
Sorry can I vote again, I didn’t spot the “Everything the Khardashian do is offensive” option!
Stupid people making stupid people famous
I wish Enda Kenny would wear one!
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