Thursday, 2 July 2009
Burqa ban: Angry cleric calls Bruni a prostitute

I first spotted this in The Times of India, who got it from the UK tabloid the Daily Star, well known for its pin-up models but also a useful source of odd stories. And writers from the Indian press, who I am sure are only there for the news, do find those stories of interest for their readers.
LONDON: In a bid to hit back at French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s attempts to ban the burqa in the country , hardline Islamic cleric Anjem Choudary has branded his wife Carla Bruni a prostitute.
Choudary has said that former model and singer Bruni, 41, represents the face of a depraved Western society where women are treated like sex objects.
Choudary, 42, below, wrote on the Islam4UK website: “Sarkozy may be content with being wed to a prostitute who flaunts her body to the world believing it to be righteous conduct, but he is reminded that a Muslim is not this shallow and depraved.”
That's a matter of opinion, of course. Child marriage, polygamy, slavery etc.

Posted on 07/02/2009 10:44 AM by Esmerelda Weatherwax
Comments
2 Jul 2009
Mary Jackson

Carla Bruni knows her own mind and, if anything, treats men as sex objects rather than the other way round. Perhaps this is what gets Choudary's goat. (Better not talk about goats, though, or he may get excited - I kid you not.)