July 22, 2013

EGYPT: Egyptian TV Host Riham Said Removes Veil During Interview, Clashes With Guest Islamic Cleric Sheik Yousuf Badri Who Gets Extremely Offended


Food for thought: I would like to point out that the muslim woman in my previous post debating the France Burqa ban that was wearing the niqab claimed women in Islam were not forced to wear covering. She must be naive or brainwashed. Because this is a fine example of how muslim women are treated in Islam and this muslim female tv host was only wearing a hijab. That muslim woman in my previous post is clearly demanding her religious right to wear the niqab by choice. Well what about muslim women who do not want to wear the hijab, niqab or burqa in public. Do those muslim women have that same freedom of choice in parts of Islam she was demanding?
 
Al-Nahar TV (Egypt) - April 17, 2013: Egyptian TV Host Riham Said Removes Veil during Interview, Clashes with Guest Cleric Sheik Yousuf Badri
 

Recorded before formal interview has begun, Riham is holding a headscarf in her hands

Riham Said: Outside this studio, in your daily life, you deal all the time with Muslim women who do not wear the veil. Do I have to put this on just to have an interview with you?!

Puts on the scarf

Do we have to go through this charade just to have the interview?

Yousuf Badri: I swear to God that this is nicer and more radiant.

Riham Said: I would have accepted it is if it was in order to make me please Allah, but, off the air, you have no problem talking to me without the hijab, and then, when the viewers can see, you make we wear it?!

Yousuf Badri: Maybe this hijab will stay on after the show. Who knows?

Riham Said: I feel like I am playacting when I put this scarf on.

Yousuf Badri: Let's start the show.

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On the air – regarding a discussion on sexual harassment by clerics performing exorcism

Yousuf Badri: This is a provocation. Change the subject. Talk about things that interest people, about public affairs.

Riham Said: From the moment you sat down, you've been shouting at me and mocking me, even though we paid you 1,000 Egyptian pounds to come here.

She removes her headscarf

Just a second, we didn't you pay you 1,000 pounds so you could yell at me. You didn't come to answer questions. You came to pick a fight.

Yousuf Badri: Change the subject or I'm gone.

Riham Said: Are you threatening me?

Yousuf Badri: Change the subject.

Riham said: What kind of cleric demands 1,000 pounds?

Yousuf Badri: Change the subject.

Riham Said: It is you who are setting conditions.

Yousuf Badri: Change the subject and put on that hijab!

Riham said: I'm not going to put it on. I will wear it for God, not for you.

Yousuf Badri: Enough. I made it a condition before the interview, and you agreed.

Riham Said: No, I didn't.

Yousuf Badri: Why are you taking your hijab off again? Why are you reneging on your word?

Riham Said: What's the point of wearing a hijab when you can see the hair underneath?

Yousuf Badri: Ranada, do you invite guests in order to give them a hard time? To embarrass them? I sued Al-Nahhar TV, as you well know. The trial is in May. It was postponed. I will shut your channel down.

Riham Said: Why did you come here if you want to shut us down? Why did you take this channel's money? Didn't you take money for appearing here? Why did you take the money if you want to shut us down?

Yousuf Badri: I didn't come here to be harassed. You knew my background when you invited me.

Riham Said: This is the kind of person who sues TV channels, attacks the media, and puts on a show for the viewers. It is very unfortunate that people like this peddle our religion. I'm the one leaving, not you.

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