Ivanka Trump Sparks Outrage Among Fans After Wearing Hijab For Mosque Visit
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During her visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Ivanka Trump shared photos of her donning a headscarf as she entered the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
Trump flew in to take part in the Global Women’s Forum, where she also met the crown prince Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Trump prompted tons of backlash across the internet, as many thought she was showing “fake support” for Muslim women. Others pointed out that she was wearing it merely to please Muslim leaders and Muslim audience, when she was only “supposed to support American women.”
Some Trump’s fans, however, jumped to her defense, stating that her decision to wear it was because it was a customary gesture. Because Trump was visiting a mosque, she had to abide the establishment’s rules, they said, adding that she wasn’t making a statement with the hijab.
Check out the comments below.
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque; a masterpiece of modern Islamic architecture and design.
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) February 15, 2020
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When you travel the world promoting gender equality--but you and the other chicks cover your head and remove your shoes-- while the men... well... https://t.co/B7Tzht1srf
— Annette G. H. 💎 (@AnnetteGH86) February 16, 2020
If she's going to persist in this performative shit, could someone get her some acting lessons? Can I nominate this for next year's Razzies? https://t.co/Bi9jeeVjM8
— Portia EW Thinks I'm Pushy McGonagal (@PortiaMcGonagal) February 16, 2020
Welcome, Ivanka, to the long line of free women who voluntarily don a tool of religious subjugation that gets women beaten, imprisined, and killed all over the world. Welcome to the long line of women w power who betray women without power.
— Yasmine Mohammed ياسمين محمد 🦋#FreeFromHijab (@YasMohammedxx) February 15, 2020
I’m so tired. #FreeFromHijab
How much dd Congress allocate for self-conscious cosplay preening for the daughter? https://t.co/V054NXVatY
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) February 16, 2020
A post like this is NOT helping women. It makes it look like a glamor shoot - not serious work.https://t.co/5IZN9JLys6
— LindseyKook (@LindseyKook) February 16, 2020
Ivanka is just respecting the holy place which is outside her country. She is not hijab advocate. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to be little considerate about people's feeling and situation than being an extremist (about your views), it puts you in the same bucket.
— Riz (@Riztalk_) February 16, 2020
I have to disagree with this one.
— Snake Legacy (@TheSnake303) February 15, 2020
In a Church you take off your Hat,
in a Synagogue you have to wear kippa
and in a Mosque you have to cover your hair, not even fully.
It's just a gesture of Respect.
Now, talk about Daddy's Muslin travel bans!
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) February 16, 2020
How sad Ivanka wears the hijab and gives up her freedom to kiss thier a$$, she is a Globalist as I see it. I don't trust her & her evil husband. They will be the fall of America as we know it Globali$t sucks, she should be concerned only American Women First. https://t.co/4l7GbWzLhP
— geraldine sanchez (@geraldine9484) February 15, 2020
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