
Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli is causing OUTRAGE after filming an ad in which she apparently encourages Islamic women who feel oppressed by their headgear to rip it off and embrace “freedom.”
The ad begins with the words “Is this Iran?”
“Freedom is Basic” reads the tagline.
Well… people aren’t happy.
Ad depicts @BarRefaeli taking off a niqab followed by lyrics “finally freedom”. This is disgusting. Expecting companies like @Cosmopolitan & @giorgioarmani to drop her, unless y’all are cool with a brand ambassador spreading messages like this. pic.twitter.com/fkHpdojOAI
— Mαrωα 🥀 (@MarwaBalkar) October 30, 2018
Promoting Islamophobia and bigotry under the rubric of freedom is pernicious and offensive! https://t.co/H2sbdJoxzg
— Dr. Hatem Bazian (@HatemBazian) October 31, 2018
An #Israeli supermodel, @BarRefaeli, just launched an overtly Islamophobic ad that insinuates that #Muslim women are not free.@TellMamaUK @cjwerleman @doamuslims pic.twitter.com/vm7F6emsGU
— Chronicles of Shame (@ShameChronicles) October 30, 2018
Ad depicts @BarRefaeli taking off a niqab followed by lyrics “finally freedom”. This is disgusting. Expecting companies like @Cosmopolitan & @giorgioarmani to drop her, unless y’all are cool with a brand ambassador spreading messages like this. pic.twitter.com/fkHpdojOAI
— Mαrωα 🥀 (@MarwaBalkar) October 30, 2018
This has to be the most ignorant and racist ad I’ve ever seen and I can’t believe a whole company approved this.. I’m disgusted and at a loss of words. pic.twitter.com/oiY1XB27EH
— mariam (@fancydaisiesx) October 30, 2018
I am sure there are women who wear Islamic headgear by choice.
There are ALSO those who wear it because they will be PUBLICLY MURDERED if they don’t.
So is the FREEDOM to CHOOSE not pertinent?
I wonder if a similar ad with a woman shunning Christianity would have caused this level of outrage?
Christianophobia? Is there even a word for it?