Rihanna just can’t stay out of trouble even when she keeps her clothes on. In general (and music videos aside), RiRi has toned down her trashy repertoire lately by dressing down and begging a little less for attention. I still think this new stance is a response to the Miley VMA circus. Rihanna claims that she’s become a square and stopped partying, but I don’t believe it. She’s just partying in her hotel rooms instead of at the clubs.
Now Rihanna’s found herself in a bit of trouble for her behavior in Abu Dhabi. She was due to perform at a concert and decided to do some sightseeing first. Rih headed out to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Before she even entered the actual mosque, Rihanna was asked to leave the premises. I guess guards spotted her sultrily posing on the grounds. Even though Rihanna was covered up head-to-toe in a dark outfit, she was pose-harding like her life depended on it. Of course she posted all these photos to her Instagram and gave them captions like “No tan lines.” Here’s what happened:
Superstar singer Rihanna was asked to leave the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque after posing for a series of pictures that staff said did not ‘conform to conditions’ put in place to protect the sanctuary of the religious monument.
Dressed in an all-black outfit that covered her arms, legs and hair, the Umbrella singer is seen pouting and lying down in the courtyard in the shots, which appeared on her Instagram account. The Bajan star visited the mosque before her Abu Dhabi concert and posed for the photographs which some have deemed “disrespectful” at a place of worship.
A statement issued by the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre said: “The Centre strives to ensure that visitors enter the mosque in a decent fashion, and refrain from behaving in any way that is inconsistent with the sanctity of this religious place. In the event of behaviour that violates the moral codes of access to the mosque, or other visit regulations – such as taking inappropriate pictures, posing in ways that are improper in the context of sacred place, talking loudly, or eating – the violators are directed in a polite manner that reflects the civilisational and tolerant attributes of Islam. Usually, the visitors are appreciative of that.
“Here, the Centre refers to a recent incident, involving a singer who came for a private visit to the mosque, at a gate that is not reserved for visitors, without prior coordination with the Centre’s management and without identifying herself.
“She was directed by visitor services to proceed to the visitors’ main gate and take the guided tour, according to procedure. She left without entering the mosque, after being asked to do so, due to the fact that she had taken some pictures that do not conform with the conditions and regulations put in place by the Centre’s management to regulate visits in a way that takes the status and sanctity of the mosque into consideration.”
“While the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre always welcomes visitors and tourists from all around the world, it also calls on everyone to adhere to the moral codes of access to the mosque and to its visit regulations, which the Centre always makes sure are clear to all its visitors throughout the day.”
[From The National]
What I’m getting from this is that Rihanna acted like a damn fool and failed to observe the customs of a religious group at one of their sacred places. Maybe she thought she looked fierce play-dressing in their attire and donning red lipstick to boot. I don’t know. I’m not a religious person, but it just makes sense to respect a group’s customs and practices while actually setting foot on their property. Of course Rihanna doesn’t care. She got her pictures.
Rihanna covered up again that evening for her Abu Dhabi concert. Still offensive?
Photos courtesy of BadGirlRiRi on Instagram
Self centered of her. Instead of taking in the sights and culture, she saw it all as just a backdrop for herself… to an extent we all do that with our vacation pics, but this is pretty out of place and clueless of her.
She’s lucky it’s Abu Dubai or else she’d take a rock to the head. I had rocks thrown at me in Egypt until I scarfed it up.
Cray!
She probably doesn’t realize that this sort of thing (borderline blasphemy) is high risk behaviour, even if she did it in the U.S. it would be. Sure there’s usually a ton of bodyguards around her but still, all it takes is one crackpot with a weapon who’s enraged enough to track her down. I’m kind of afraid for her if she keeps doing this stuff. Hope she doesn’t take it much further at least.
Is this recently? That’s horrible. When were you in Egypt?
You had rocks thrown at you? Wow, that’s incredible. When did you go? I ask because I went to Egypt a few years ago and had no trouble whatsoever. The only time I covered up was when I toured the mosques and even then I didn’t have to cover my hair, just my arms. I always wore longer skirts when I was there, however.
Anyway! All that to say that RiRi should have known better but am I surprised at her actions? Nope.
And we wonder why we’ve earned the moniker the Ugly American in Europe and in the East? Case in point, Rihanna. Once again, stellar job of respecting other people’s religion and traditions.
just a question, re: Ugly Americans, is Rihanna an American? I thought she was from another country originally? Did she attain American citizenship? Thanks
She’s not American. She lives here like a lot of people from other countries but she’s Barbadian from Barbados, a Commonwealth country. *skips away singing* Not us!
ita, it’s not even offensive, it’s just so ridiculous…It seems she has a brain of a 8-year old. Evokes a mix of pity and disgust…
Golden comment.
She does crack me up; everywhere she goes, she leaves a trail of destruction and arrests.
was just going to say the same thing..
Zezactly. there’s some mental stagnation going on there. I moved to AD last year and it’s pretty cool. People generally leave you to dress as you please: bikinis on beaches etc etc but posing so hard outside the mosque with daggers as paraphernalia is actually just the antics of a simple-minded person.
It was ignorant of her, but she looks stunning in those photos.
My thoughts exactly
For me her ignorance far outweighs her beauty.
Im ashamed to say YAASSSS, This fierce bitch!
same here… these are awesome pics
Ugh. I think she looks ridiculous.
lol..girl loves the camera
The feeling is mutual.
How does she wipe herself with those talons?
Also with those it would be impossible to use the Diva cup without injury.
She has such a beautiful face. However if you are going to go to another person’s house of worship (especially in another country) then you need to respect their practices and follow protocol.
I agree. I am not religious at all myself, but I would NEVER go to someone’s house of worship and do anything other but respect their practices. Going there to take photos is so disrespectful.
Screw Rihanna the Rude, that Mosque is beautiful.
That’s definitely going on my ‘to-visit’ list.
Seriously, I’m surprised people even notice her in the pic. I can’t take my eyes off the beauty of that mosque.
It’s incredible. The mosque, not her.
I agree! The white, the tiles, the details…really amazingly beautiful. I would love to see what it felt like to be surrounded by that environment 360 degrees.
the pics are STUNNING. she pushed the envelope a little and I love it.
pushing the envelope should be reserved for things that don’t offend other nations religious and cultural customs. Doing anything else is just ignorant and rude. Period.
She clearly has a very immature and uninformed PR team whose responsibility it is, to advise her of such behaviors consequences.
I’m surprised the Moral police in UAE didn’t card her moderately cloaked hiney away.
I agree! It’s awesome. Pretty original too, who else has done this? It’s so interesting…. As for it being offensive, I mean, it’s not like she’s in a bikini. I’ve seen advertisements and photo shoots in different Muslim countries that are right along these lines.
“who else has done this?”
Um, no one because it is a place of worship, not a photo studio! There is a very big reason that no one else has done this, they have respect.
RUDE.
Can anyone with further understanding on the religion can explain to me why is this rude? I’m not defending her or anything, but I want to know exactly what is offensive about these photos? Is it the lipstick? Is it the maybe too-tight outfit? The posing? Pardon me, but I don’t think there is anything overtly sexual about them, but maybe my western brain has become immune to this kind of thing??
She posed outside a place of worship. A place that many people consider as sacred.
If a person went inside St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, stood on the pews, went to the altar or the tabernacle itself and started touching, posing, laying on the floor, etc. wouldn’t that be extremely disrespectful?
She may not consider the mosque important but many people do. It’s not about her appearance or her makeup but about treating a place of worship like it’s a photo shoot venue.
It’s a beautiful structure and you can/should take photos as a memento but posing like you’re going to be on a magazine is too much.
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
You don’t have to agree with their policies, but it’s safer to be careful especially if you’re not there to crusade for change and is actually there to make money like Rihanna. It’s not good for her brand to alienate potential ‘hosts’ for her work.
I have a Western brain and I get why it’s rude. You wouldn’t sprawl on the floor of Saint Paul’s cathedral in London, St. Joseph’s oratory in Montreal, St. Sulpice in Paris, St. pat’s in NYC.. Come on now.. you know better than to think it’s ok to famewhore in a place of worship.. wherever it may be.
I don’t think you really need to understand it to find it rude. When I was in Germany I got to tour some gorgeous churches and some of them I couldn’t take pictures in for whatever reason. Respect the rules, simple as that.
How was her concert attire offensive? When other artists don’t cover up properly in that country, the show gets shut down. Rihanna respects money more than customs, so no offense taken should be taken for the all white garb. Ur reaching on that one. As for the black outfit, as ridiculous and disrespectful as she is, I did laugh at the “#NoTanLines” 😛
I can see how the posing might be offensive, but as for the outfit, wouldn’t a visitor to the site be expected to cover up in such a way? Forgive my ignorance. I know it does look like Rihanna is mocking the culture, but I would expect one would have to cover up from head to toe if one were going there.
Yes and I don’t see the others wearing any pants either.
It is not just about being covered, she isn’t behaving even remotely modestly. I don’t mean she needs to avert her eyes and bow her head, simply walking into the mosque and behaving like a normal human being would have sufficed. Posing the way she did outside of a house of worship was uncalled for. A little humility would have gone a long way.
Nikki is right. It was her inappropriate behaviour that was considered offensive: if she went into Saint Peter Cathedral in Rome and behaved like she was on a Vogue set she would have received the same treatement.
Beyonce’s concert got banned in Malaysia once because she’s “too sexy”. It’s kinda dumb, because no one is forcing any of the Muslim kids to pay for the tickets..they CHOSE to be there.
exactly, Nikki. she’s not acting humble. she never does, sadly.
Go Rihanna! She looks great standing up to an oppressive, anti-woman group. More of this please!
Seriously?
Would you say that if she laid herself out on the floor in slinky fashion in front of the altar in a church and then invited photographers in to capture her doing it?
Only Madonna is allowed to do that – check out the video Like a prayer – and listen to the lyrics – it is about giving a bj – and she sings it in church.
@Mitch that was a set they built not an actual church. “Life is a mystery everyone must stand alone ” is about a bj? Um ok.
@ Mitch
Yeah, Christianity is an easy target at this point. “Piss Christ”… need I say more?
On the other hand I’m pretty sure the creators of those infamous Danish cartoons are still in hiding and fear for their lives. The images were published in Harpers magazine later and they weren’t particularly shocking to me, but anyway.
@ Kit
don’t even get me started on those people! it’s so easy to make fun of Christianity. it’s become so mainstream. I don’t like it. we should respect all faiths. you can have your differences and debate them but there’s a line and you shouldn’t mock.
When you’re a visitor/guest in another country you need to be respectful and adhere to the customs even if you disagree with their practices.
@fingerbinger….+1.
Let’s be honest here, she wasn’t going there to educate women or to be an activist of any kind.
Yeah, ’cause the other Abrahamic religions do such a great job at not oppressing women…please.
sheet sex anyone?
Showing up with an entourage and doing a photo shoot on the grounds without any prior notice is just plain rude. That would be rude anywhere!
I don’t mean to defend her but I don’t think she did that to offend anyone. Actually the opposite, since she covered up that much (and that is rare for her lol) but Riri is a fool so of course she would do sexy pose thinking it was fine since the dressing code was kind of right.
Yeah. I’m just curious about that lady in the background with her entire leg showing. Should she wear something that’s so easily blown apart?
That woman is wearing bright coloured pants (under her abaya).
Really? Then it must be very fitted pants and mostly skin toned because her leg is clearly defined.
It’d be something like this:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__BdubNlqYtE/TG0w57Lya3I/AAAAAAAAGoQ/0fn7hQwDCmo/s640/54794421.jpg
It doesn’t look skin toned to me — more like a bright orange and brown (around her ankle) tie-dye pattern. And unless she has really thick legs, they seem a bit loose.
Seriously, Orly? They are orange trousers that turn black around the ankle! I can’t believe you really think that is a nekkid leg!
@ORLY
You might need to check the calibration on the monior of your computer or the device you’re using. It’s a bright orange with red on the bottom. And it’s awful poofy looking to be tight to her leg. Unless she has some deformed legs.
Yes, seriously, Sixer. It’s why I asked. So yeah, to me it looked like her leg, that’s why I was shocked and asked about it.
Erinn, I’m on my phone, it looks tanned to me. 🙂
I actually don’t think she was being deliberately disrespectful. Don’t get me wrong. Which explains why I’m not offended at all by her pics.
God she’s exhausting. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again- her Instagram is a story of “look at me from every angle doing everything all the time don’t miss a shot me me me me take my picture now!” Can you even imagine what it’s like to be around her? Who takes all these pics 24/7? What a tiring narcissist. I’m glad she got kicked out because, as someone said above, she was not there to show respect and view the mosque, she was there to find a new backdrop for her constant self-obsessed photoshoot.
Isn’t that what Instagram is about, anyway?
Kim K and a raft of other shallow attention seekers do it daily. Unfortunately it looks like it’s becoming the norm.
These are no normal tourist photos.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/10/20/article-2467811-18DA2BCA00000578-579_634x825.jpg
She is so full of herself
I’m Muslim, but I’d be just as skeeved if she pulled this kind of shit in front of a church or cathedral or synagogue (or Hindu temple or Buddhist monastery or Sufi shrine…). Whether you like Islam or not, it doesn’t cost anything to be respectful.
I’m Jewish and I cosign this comment :)! If you visit someone in their home, you would be respectful toward your hosts and follow their mores and rules. Going to someone else’s house of worship is no different. .
Totally agree with you (and I’m an atheist).
Absolutely. And I am also an atheist.
another agree…another atheist
Agreed – and I don’t have religious affiliations either.
Absolutely, it’s offensive no matter what your religion is. A place of worship isn’t there for you to worship yourself blatantly, it’s to worship your God.
“it doesn’t cost anything to be respectful.” – Jay
I love your beautiful comment! If we all took this attitude that it costs nothing to be respectful of others and applied it to every aspect of our lives, then our world would be such a better place.
Thank you, Jay.
*Edit* I see the irony of posting my above sentiment on a snarky gossip site! 🙂
Absolutely. +1
But respect for other cultures and religions is only for classy people. This bovine does not understand. I consider her lipstick alone in such a place to be too much.
Atheist who once lived in a Muslim country here! And I agree. Good manners costs nothing.
It would have also been nice if she could have toned down the ostentation as well. Everything about her get-up and her behavior violates the spirit of Islam. These photos are an embarrassment.
Thank you, Jay. I converted to Islam a few years ago (not married, just wanted to clarify that) and now, as a Muslim, I am far more respectful of other people’s places of worship that I wouldn’t dare go inside a church or synagogue or temple showing skin or wearing anything the places consider disrespectful. You don’t have to like or agree with a religion, but you can respect it.
She’s lucky she was in Abu Dhabi, where they only asked her to leave nicely. If she was in some parts of Egypt, or say, Saudi Arabia, she’d have been escorted off the premises in much more dramatic fashion.
She is such a tool sometimes. Whatever your religion, or even if you’re an atheist, if you’re visiting someone else’s place, show some respect. If she really wanted to be “edgy” by shooting in a mosque, she could have just had her people build a fake mosque backdrop or something.
Only she wasn’t in the mosque. I wonder if they have signs posted for visitors which tells the rules prior to even entering the grounds.
I’m sure it varies by site. But in the mosques I’ve been near, once you’re in the mosque complex, such as in the courtyard, or right outside (which she pretty much was), you’re expected to follow mosque rules.
The point was that since they asked her to leave, she was clearly on mosque property, and they were in their rights to ask for certain adherance to rules.
What is that rolling down the skirt in the second photograph? The woman’s leg or a scarf?
As to Rihanna–ugh. “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should” comes to mind here, and that is the kindest thing I can come up with for her and for this situation.
Those would be her pants.
Oh, interesting. Thank you. I honestly couldn’t figure it out–I think the color confused me. I also didn’t know if the robe was open to the front or if I wasn’t seeing it right. Now that I’m looking for “pants,” they do look like pants though.
Thanks!
Cue the outraged concern trolls, in 5, 4, 3….
I hate when people try to make Muslim women as unfashionable and frumpy. You can be covered up and glam. When I went to Abu Dhabi there were women wearing the head-dress with intricate smokey eyes and bold lips AND sparkly long nails. Damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t. I personaly think she looks beautiful and to be honest, this is blown out of proportion. She did good, better than I expected,anyways.
I don’t think anyone is trying to imply Muslim women are frumpily dressed or made up –certainly not in Abu Dhabi, one of the luxury fashion/cosmetics capitals of the world, where couture shopping is practically an occupation for many women. The point is that she was vamping and posing semi-seductively in a MOSQUE. It’s a place of worship, and what she did was disrespectful in a house of God. Just because she was tame by RiRi standards doesn’t mean what she did was right.
If she was really just interested in visiting the mosque and/or taking pictures there, she could have done so in a low-key, non-sexualized manner. The kind of posing she did would be more appropriate for another tourist location.
Bedhead sort of implied it when she mentioned Rihana’s red lipstick.
It’s not about the women, it’s about disrespecting a holy place where you go to worship, not to worship yourself in front of a camera. She’s truly one of the most vain, self-absorbed idiots of the century and her people should have advised her of the modesty surrounding the culture and ESPECIALLY around their mosques. She basically blasphemed a holy site.
Good lord. She’s outside the mosque. OUTSIDE. It’s not like she’s wearing a bikini and being loud and obnoxious inside the mosque. Not that it surprises me from Abu Dabi that they’d be offended.
And for people here to say that she disrespected the place is unbelievable. It *is* a touristic place on top of being a religious one. So yeah there are tourists coming in, like Rihanna. It’s like going to Notre-Dame in Paris and taking pictures outside the cathedral. Tons of people do that, wearing T-shirts, shorts, taking selfies in front of Notre-Dame, and you know what? nobody’s offended. Because there’s nothing to be offended about.
@Myrto – she’s posing seductively outside a Mosque which is disrespectful to Islam. She’s in a country that observes extremes of religious morality. I’m not condoning it, I’m just saying that when you’re in a country like that you should respect their religion, regardless of what you may think personally. I would be offended if she came to the biggest cathedral in my city and started faffing around in a bikini on the front steps.
@Myrto
You just don’t get it, do you?
@Jaded: I guess I have a huge problem siding with the rules of a country that’s basically an authoritarian regime where freedom fo speech is inexistent and where women aren’t exactly treated fairly to say the least. I also find it highly hypocritical that men are allowed to wear shorts (and maybe T-shirts) in this huge mosque but women have to be covered up from head to toe.
@Myrto – everyone on this blog agrees that it is a horribly repressive society but you’re missing the point – flouncing around seductively at a Mosque is just plain disrespectful (as it would be at any religious site) and does nothing to change or modernize their culture or religion. In fact it does just the opposite – it gives Muslims more fodder to dislike Americans.
@Myrto
That’s your prerogative, if you don’t like a country because of its oppressive regime, don’t visit it as a tourist and inject more money into its economy. Don’t like Islam, fine, again your prerogative, so don’t go to an Muslim place of worship.
But lets not pretend that Rihanna is making some sort of feminist, anti hypocrisy, anti regime statement by posing hard as some sort of Hijabi Hottie in a holy site.
Ps. I have never been to a mosque than allowed entry to men wearing shorts.
@myrto
FYI…men are not allowed to wear shorts inside a Mosque, not even here in the US. They do have high reverance standards for everyone.
Ugh Myrto – get a clue. AD is pretty chill. Women can drink, dress in bikinis..Hell you can get drinks served to you while you’re in your bikini at the beach..
The lack of voting rights extends to men so that’s equal (it’s a monarchy, not a gender based exclusion – no one votes lol).
Really, come visit then get a clue. I don’t even own a one piece in AD. the whole head scarf wearing thing is a persona, intra-familial decision. It’s not the govt breathing down people’s necks.
Just don’t posehard in front of a mosque. that’s so rude for people who believe. Can you get to grips with the difference?
Yuck. So sick of people confusing the UAE with Saudi. Get more stamps in your passport before you comment again.
Despite how I personally feel about Rhianna … these photos are STUNNING!
This reminds me of when my nonreligious husband sat my newly christened daughter on top of the altar for a photoshoot in my Catholic church. Mortified.
BFD=Big F*cking Dummy
She’s become a square and stopped partying? Really? Doesn’t sound like it when I read this little gem in The NY Post about about a week ago………
Rihanna, who was vacationing in Thailand in between stops on her Diamonds World Tour, tweeted about the over-the-top show in detail on Sept. 20.
“Either I was ph- -k wasted lastnight, or I saw a Thai woman pull a livebird,2 turtles,razors,shoot darts and ping pong, all out of her p- - -y,” she wrote, adding that she saw the woman “turn water into coke.”
Right. Because everyone that considers themselves a square goes to see something like that.
You see, a woman like that actually THINKS that posing in front of a mosque wearing a pantsuit and a head covering is RESPECT. When a person’s standards are so low it’s not hard to understand how she could think ANY covering of her body is something novel and why wouldn’t Muslims love her for parading in front of their houses of worship?
man, you have no idea how many Muslims I saw acting like Rihanna did us a favor with these pictures. come on! they’re not offensive (to me, anyway) but I’m not going to kiss her butt either.
Well, Rihanna hasn’t exactly toned down. She just hasn’t been pap’d as much because she’s on the road. Also, you’ve not seen “Pour it Up?” Frankly, that “song” just seems like an excuse to show Miley up.
She would make a perfect perfect Klingon.
ITA!
I’d like to say Rihanna would be perfect as a High Princess in Klingon, but I can’t find an app for Windows 7.
Anyone?
The pictures are beautiful….she is pretty and the background is breathtaking. But um, what is going on with her hands in the last pic?
Red lipstick at a mosque? What is she thinking?
It doesn’t matter if she is covered. In terms of Islam she isn’t totally covered because her body contours are obvious. The women in the background are covered properly [according to Islam], ie loose clothing that doesn’t accentuate curves [no waist, no arse]
Wearing a headscarf and a pantsuit isn’t ‘cover’ for them.
Trust Rihanna to take it to the next level.
I was just about to say this…she isn’t completely covered for a mosque. You aren’t supposed to show your body at all, including the shape.
And yes even men have to cover up.
yeah, let ’em know. it’s not just women who have a dress code. men do too.
the bigger issue, I feel, is the famewhoring in a place of worship. she’s not Muslim. she’s covered up and while we can still see her body type she’s respectful enough to not wear one of her usual get-ups. kudos. but she’s famewhoring in a place of worship and on top of that turning something religious into fashion. i can’t get down with that.
Aw c’mon people, you have to feel sorry for Ri-Ri, Miley stole her naked-in-love-with-myself schtick and she’s not getting any love and attention lately. These gals with autotuned talent have to do something to stay relevant. So TAG MILEY, you’re it!!
My God. That is one of the most beautiful and stunning buildings I have ever seen! Forget Rihanna – show more of that architecture!!! WOW!
It’s rude of course, she’s rihanna for goodness’ sake! We all know she loves a good scandal. Even so, she looks a m a z i n g.
I dont see her doing anything wrong. It’s the men! They can’t control their urges by seeing her curves!!! The photos are gorgeous.
+10000
absofu.ckinglutely!!
She looks amazing,some people just love to complain. She said it was a lie on instagram.
What was a lie?
Rihanna really needs to change the name of her tour from Diamonds to the, ‘I’m still bitter as hell over my breakup and I just don’t give a fuck tour.’
There is nothing about her that isn’t offensive.
This kind of policy in places of worship is not restricted to mosques.
Last year, when I went on vacation in the Philippines, I visited one of the oldest Churches dating back to the 1600s. I was wearing shorts, not even short shorts, but my arms and torso were covered.
Everyone in my family got in fine, but I was handed some sort of ‘apron’ to cover my legs. There was a table filled with the folded clothing right by the doors, so it was obvious it was a Church policy to observe a dress code. It didn’t look nice in the photos but it was understandable that they would observe such policy considering the island the Church was located is still conservatively Catholic and the Church has a lot of historical importance and role in the locals’ daily lives. We posed in front of a “miracle well” close to the altar but the altar itself had a rope to cordon it off and we were asked not to pose too much.
My cousin who is an adult posed last year inside a Church hugging a statue of a Saint, putting her finger up its nose, kissing its cheek, and generally making a fool of herself, then posted the photos on Facebook. The sh*tstorm that followed was quite glorious.
Lawd in heaven, I’ma need this chile to go sat down. This (and pretty much all of her behavior) bespeaks of a serious lack of home-training. She is so beautiful, but damm if she isn’t simple as feces. Beneath her tryhard, idgaf provocateur act and her blase petulance is just a not that interesting, immature 25 year old with too much money and not enough sense. There is just no there there.
+1
THIS right here.
I can’t stand her, but I think this story/scandal is pretty funny. She is a self-absorbed girl and it just makes me laugh that she would even pull a stunt like this. But you know what? Gays go down to St. Patrick’s in Manhattan and parade around and even go inside and do all sorts of scandalous things. So being escandalo around houses of worship as a statement has been going on for a while.
FWIW, I don’t even think she meant any disrespect at all. I think in that fuzzy little brain of hers she really thought she was bringing some Islamic flavor to her game. She probably thinks Muslims should be grateful to her. I really think this is how her brain works.
That’s a beautiful building.
That’s a beautiful woman.
But yeah, RiRi you bonehead, that’s one ugly combination.
Respect your fellow human beings, regardless of whether you respect their beliefs. A mosque is not the place for famewhoring.
Ignorant asshole.
Prime example of trash trying to be classy. Disrespectful to the religion and it’s followers.
She’s probably trying to channel Allah with her forehead.
Sooooo bitter! tsk tsk.
I find it hilarious of all the comments posted you felt the urge to label my comment as bitter. But back to the matters at hand. This woman has not hurt me nor do I resent her for any reason (my forehead is normal size mind you) nor has she made me angry. My comment was simply truth through observation. Ignorance to religion and the respect that goes along with it. So uh, was there another adjective you’d like to use?
im a muslim, i dont see anything rude in this pics. i follow riri at instagram and i saw the pics, i thought the pics were pretty. The arabs are way too sensitive and a bit crazy. most muslims (who are not arabs) cant stand arabs 😉
They act like they are the most saintly and holy people on earth but then drive feraris and got houseslaves from india.
I didn’t find it rude or offensive but I wasn’t going to jump for joy like a lot of Muslims I know and be like, “wow! Rihanna! salaam!” I’m also not going to be issuing fatwas like “off with her head!” There’s a time and a place for everything. She could have worn that and done the shoot away from the mosque. From what I heard, the shoot took place inside the mosque before she was asked to leave.
I’ll speak as a Muslim female, here.
Rihanna looks nice in hijab but what gets to me is that she, like a lot of girls I know, wore it for show, not for modesty. When I go to taraweeh or a muharram service and see girls taking selfies and putting them up on IG while others are praying, I’m not going to expect Rihanna to be respectful at a mosque. If we don’t respect our own places of worship, others certainly won’t. I’m not offended by Rihanna’s pictures, just tired of people taking religion–all religions–as fashionable. Just look at Terry Richardson wearing a cross while he takes half naked pictures of women. I doubt he’s religious.
So true – and look at Madonna wearing a cross while writhing around sexually with a coterie of buffed stripped down men around her. Sure Madonna, that’s a great way to represent religion. Her insults to Catholicism and half-baked devotion to Kabbalah is nothing more than her endless ego-stroking.
With all respect to you, I don’t think Rihanna was wearing that for show. She wore that because she was in a sacred place. If anything, she was actually showing a form of respect, if you look beyond her poses.
Rihanna does everything for show, as her photos attest. If she didn’t, she would have visited the mosque without a professional photo team in tow.
I thought it was more that she was posing it up in an area she wasn’t supposed to be in? Anyway, she looks hot but Ri Ri has no common sense.