{"id":281375,"date":"2016-12-15T07:34:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T12:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=281375"},"modified":"2020-10-29T08:28:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T12:28:34","slug":"german-minister-sparks-anger-after-refusing-to-wear-hijab-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/german-minister-sparks-anger-after-refusing-to-wear-hijab-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"German minister sparks anger after refusing to wear hijab in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080\"><strong>Excellent! Much better than French politicians wearing a kippa when speaking to Jewish groups in order to please Jewish organizations on French soil!<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen refused to don the hijab on a visit to Saudi Arabia \u2013 just a week after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the burka should be banned in her own country.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen visited Riyadh for a meeting with Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al Saud on Wednesday, but did not cover her hair for the event in the ultra-conservative state, reportedly saying women should enjoy the right to dress as they choose, just as men do.<\/p>\n<p>The defense minister instead chose to wear a dark blue suit with her hair visible for the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe right to choose your own clothing is a right shared by men and women alike,\u201d\u00a0she said, according to German news website\u00a0Bild.\u00a0&#8220;It annoys me, when women are to be pushed into the Abaya.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some social media users praised Von der Leyen\u2019s decision, her actions also sparked outrage in Saudi Arabia. The apparent lack of a response from Saudi officials in relation to Von der Leyen\u2019s clothing was\u00a0described\u00a0as\u00a0&#8220;hypocrisy and double standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Saudi police reportedly detained a woman last week for violating modesty rules after being seen walking in Riyadh without a traditional robe and headscarf.<\/p>\n<p>A number of Saudi staff were described as being\u00a0\u201castonished\u201d\u00a0by Von der Leyen\u2019s outfit, according to the German newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen\u2019s decision comes after Merkel said the full-face burka covering should be banned\u00a0\u201cwherever it is legally possible\u201d\u00a0during the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) congress in Germany last week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/viral\/370414-german-minister-saudi-hijab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/viral\/370414-german-minister-saudi-hijab\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: Excellent! Much better than French politicians wearing a kippa when speaking to Jewish groups  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":281376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}