madonna23 said:
well, my opinion on the matter is this --- we have to judge queen rania the same way we would any muslim queen and the best muslim queen standard is queen noor. i say this because she is a foreigner who converted to Islam and because she looks visibly Western. so obviously queen noor had to be very careful in her clothing so as to fit in and not offend anyone either in jordan or in the mid east or in the larger Islamic world of all which she represented to the West.
so basically, my question is this: did queen noor ever wear such dresses as Rania? did queen noor ever expose her shoulders (such as the versailles gala dress and the swedish state visit) or did she wear a strapless dress (such as the spanish dinner dress)?
I use queen noor as my standard not because she was perfect (no one is perfect
) but because she was required to follow Islamic customs. If we saw queen noor in rania's swedish dress, then i think that there would have been an uproar. and that proves that a Muslim queen should not be wearing such dresses. whether rania wants to wear the dress or not is not the point -- she can wear the dress to whatever event she wants so long as it is private and she is not presented as a representative of Jordan. but for public events, i think she must represent her country and frankly speaking, some of her dresses represent Italy and France better than they do Jordan. I'm not saying she must wear a veil or even a thobe all the time. I think if you look at pics from 2000 and 2001 she wears some fantastic gala dresses that are very stylish but at the same time appropriate.
some folks have pointed out that some jordanian women wear dresses such as rania but this is only some jordanian women. some jordanian women wear head to toe coverings; and i'm sure some jordanian women wear mini skirts and halter tops. but a queen's job is to find the middle ground and represent most of her country.
of course we want a modern image coming from rania but modernity and modesty are not mutually exclusive. like i said before, she's worn some fantastic dresses that were modern and yet still modest.
so yes, this is my two cents worth. for me, whenever rania is defended for wearing something revealing, i can't help but think what a double standard there is. if queen noor were to wear the same thing she would be criticized non-stop. just because queen rania is a Muslim and arab born does not mean she has an excuse to wear whatever she wants. she has to play the game the way queen noor did and respect her country's values and principles.
as I recall, alot of people tried to run down QN as well.
When she put a website, they started saying 'She's trying to be famous and more than her husband." "She's trying to be in front promoting her causes, she has alot of nerves..."
If she went on a state tour it became: "She is not from the region, who does she think she is..." "She's too much in front of the cameras, that's not muslim." 'She's travelling too much, spending the people's money, she's greedy..."
When she visited other royalty w/KH, they said "Why is taking vacations when there are people who cannot even afford to go to school" "She thinks she's beautiful, she's always trying to act like she's pretty." "Her clothes are too fancy, she should wear darker outfits" "Noor is always taking pictures, why does she take so many pictures, she's trying to become famous, she has no right..." "She gave a speech in public, she's acting like she has ambition, she's a horror.""She's trying to prove she can be something more, she has no right and who does she think she is..."
And so on and on and on and on and on...
Until one day her husband passed away, then all the noise seemed to stop for a moment...
If there were no muslim royal family in Jordan or anywhere else, and let that would be the end of it, then maybe people would be more appreciative.
Certainly no matter who was Queen, I'm positive that there would be people who would make such bad comments about her no matter what she did or where she came from -- unless she buried herself in a hole in the ground
.
Seems
very judgemental, in my opinion. I wonder whom shall make the final judgement on QN and on QR for their actions? I wonder which person will make the final judgement on them? I wonder how these critics live their lives; perhaps they themselves are better than anyone else in the world?
I wonder to whom QR is ultimately accountable for such unimaginable dastardly deeds -- showing the top of her shoulder, having an strong education, wearing a swimsuit, speaking in public, taking a vacation with her family? And whose business is it anyway?
Where is her husband while QR has been doing all these hideous acts and crimes against humanity? Certainly he more than anyone should understand how truly awful and un-godly a woman QR
really is, right????!!???
He certainly would know more about her than any of the people who talk down about her on these boards, right?
Certainly it will not be me to judge her.
I guess when you give the world your best, you have to realize that it may never be enough...
my opinion
