Relatives of Iraq’s Miss Universe contestant have gone into hiding after a picture of the beauty queen with Miss Israel led to death threats. Miss Iraq had apologized after the photo was posted to Instagram with the message “love and peace to all” in the wake of Muslim outrage. But under Islam, no apology could undo the posing with a Jewess, and so now she and her entire family have a fatwa on their heads.
Miss Iraq did the right thing in posing for this selfie with Miss Israel. She was wrong to apologize. Appeasing the savages will only get you more savagery. Of course, she cannot be expected to realize that: she grew up with it and in it. What is remarkable is that despite the upbringing she undoubtedly had, she posed for the photo at all.
Even more remarkable, but sadly expected, is the collective shrug in the face of such racism and hatred by an international community that pretends to be humane and tolerant.
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Where are the mass protests, the feminists and the pink pussy hats? Hypocrites and pimps for sharia and racism.
Miss Iraq’s family forced to flee due to her friendship with Miss Israel
After posting Instagram pictures together with the Israeli contestant during the Miss Universe competition, death threats have forced relatives to escape to the United States.By: Batya Jerenberg, World Israel NewsContestants (from left) Adar Gandelsman, Miss Israel, and Sarah Idan, Miss Iraq, pose together during preparations for the Miss Universe 2017 beauty pageant. Relatives of Idan’s have gone into hiding after a picture of the beauty queen with Miss Israel led to death threats.
Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, became friendly with fellow contestant Adar Gandelsman, the Israeli contestant in the Miss Universe International Beauty Pageant held in Las Vegas last month. They even posted pictures together on Instagram, wishing “love and peace” to all – but the reaction of Idan’s fellow countrymen has been anything but peaceful.
So many people posted comments that cursed her for this act that the 27-year-old beauty queen felt she had to defend herself, noting in another post that the picture only showed her desire for peace and “does not signal support for the government of Israel and does not mean I agree or accept its policies in the Arab homeland.” And she apologized to anyone who considered it “harmful to the Palestinian cause.” But, courageously, she did not remove the photo from her account.
Idan’s participation in the swimsuit competition of the event also aroused great anger, with her family actually leaving Baghdad temporarily after being threatened by their more conservative relatives after that preliminary round of the pageant. However, Miss Israel told Israeli TV Wednesday that Idan’s relatives have now been forced to leave Iraq because of the anger over their joint picture, as well as ones of her modeling in a bikini.
“The two of those things together caused a mess for her back home where people made threats against her and her family that if she didn’t return home and take down the photos, they would remove her (Miss Iraq) title, that they would kill her,” Adar Gandelsman said.
Idan already lives in the US, having moved there after serving as a linguist with the American-led coalition forces in Baghdad in 2009. She graduated from Los Angeles’ Musician Institute with a degree in performance arts. Her dream, she said in her introductory video for the beauty competition, was to be a musician and songwriter.
Idan is only the second Iraqi to ever participate in the Miss Universe pageant, the first one since Wijdan Burhan El-Deen Sulyman did so in 1972.
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islam must be destroyed as it is an ongoing death threat to civilization.
Dennis
6 years ago
The contents of this article keeps proving the point that liberals and cowards refuse to accept: and that is that the belief system that is Islam is simply unable to accept good neighborliness and that they only accept their hate as their guiding light. Those of us who recognize those factors are accused of being racist and bigoted, and Islamophobic. That accusation is used by the liberals and cowards to justify their expressions of distrainment against those of us who speak out about the cancer that underlines Islam. So be it.
caliroxanne
6 years ago
I certainly hope this doesn’t harm the peace process! (sarcasm)
Peace is not a ‘process’ it is a state of being. An impossible state of being with the Fakestinians.
Midnattsol
6 years ago
The intent of the photo was peaceful. Leftists around the world and some controlled opposition rightists insist that most Muslims want peace. The Muslim reaction to the photo is just one of countless demonstrations that prove otherwise.
Islam this cowardly cult is only brave enough to target the innocent.
SRN99
6 years ago
Jerusalem belongs to the Jews. Islam belongs to cowards and pigs.
Dan Knight
6 years ago
Pink pussy hats … are only for anti-misogynist Western men … aka ‘whitey’
Jackie Puppet
6 years ago
“Where are the mass protests, the feminists and the pink pussy hats? Hypocrites and pimps for sharia and racism.”
They’re not gonna defend any woman in a beauty pageant which they view as demeaning.
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
I’m surprised the muslums aren’t more outraged she’s leaving the house without her hag bag on her head.
Mal M
6 years ago
What else you can expect from Arabs/Muslims???
Alleged-Comment
6 years ago
Blood feud going back thousands of year is well and alive. This is the Hatfield and the McCoys big time.
MTC
6 years ago
I’m amazed she hasn’t gotten death threats for entering Miss Universe.
Cai
6 years ago
Am I missing something here? The news item says ‘Idan already lives in the US, having moved there after serving as a linguist with the American-led coalition forces in Baghdad in 2009.’ If she has lived in the US since 2009 why is she Miss Iraq?
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