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Deeyah: Next Anti-Muslim Provocation? According to the Independent, the singer Deeyah, described as the “Muslim Madonna,” has “outraged hardline Islamists” in Britain with her new song and video that “promotes women’s rights.” In fact, Deeyah, of Persian, Indian, and Pakistani heritage, is an unlikely advocate for the rights of women since her video fits into the bump-and-grind hip-hop format, replete with sexual innuendo and repeated shots of Deeyah stripped down in a bikini and slathered up with body oil. “Deeyah claims, the video … deals with Muslim women’s rights and female empowerment, as it also features Muslim women who have fought for freedom of expression,” reports the Persian Journal. “The singer, who was born in Norway but moved to the UK after her act alienated her from the Muslim community, has been forced to cancel performances and hire a team of bodyguards after inciting anger from British Muslims as well.” Deeyah does not bother to explain how gyrating provocatively in skimpy clothing empowers women. “A lot of us are working for women’s rights, particularly in the Muslim world,” Hoda Fahmy, who works with a group that provides education to Muslim women in Canada, told the National Post. “I think we have more self-respect than to dance around naked to make our point.” The Jawa Report, a pro-mass murder, neocon-friendly blog that has it out for Islamic culture, has adopted Deeyah because “she’s hot” and “also openly criticizes Islamic countries for their treatment of women…. That’s how you fight Islamic fascism—by taking off your clothes!!! Who am I to argue with that?” writes Dr. Rusty Shackleford, who once suggested nuking Mecca. Apparently, Mr. Shackleford believes sexist, mindless, and misogynistic rap culture, legendary for reducing women to depersonalized sex objects, is a form of feminism. More likely, Shackleford simply wants to thumb his nose at Muslims and does not have a problem exploiting women in the process. Of course, Deeyah’s handlers may be simply engaging in a brazen PR scam, taking advantage of her heritage and religion, although the Muslim Council of Britain believes she is Hindu, not Muslim. However, it cannot be denied the fact Deeyah’s video has “alienated her from the Muslim community” and resulted in canceled performances and death threats serve the Straussian neocon “clash of civilizations” program quite nicely, as the staged Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy did earlier. Moreover, it sends a message to youth in America and Europe that Muslims not only hate their culture, manufactured by transnational “entertainment” corporations, but also poses a direct and potentially violent threat to their “freedom” to consume ephemeral junk. ---------------------------------------------------
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