Zhang Heqing should have expected a backlash. After all, Pakistan is blasphemy central. It was inevitable that his tweet would spark rage among some Muslims for insulting Islam and Muslim women. Note, in light of controversies in the West, how the anger and disapproval over the tweet (which was, of course, deemed “Islamophobic”) intertwine the wearing of the hijab with Islam. That is, to attack the hijab in any way is considered to be an insult to Islam. These coverings are not just cultural or a matter of choice, as Western apologists for Islam often claim, but are part of the religion itself. In fact, the Quran instructs women to wear full coverings, not only the hijab:
(Quran 24:31) And tell the believing women to reduce of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.
If a woman does not cover, she subjects herself to assault:
(Quran 33:59) O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.
Demands that the Chinese official “know his place” and “remove his tweet” are familiar supremacist antics, along with accusations of “Islamophobia,” for his failure to accept the inferiority of women as taught in the Sharia. This reaction is to be expected in Pakistan, but it does not remain within the borders of Pakistan. These attitudes are now alive and well throughout Western countries.
Instead of standing up for equality for all, Western leaders are accepting the Islamic mores that are the norm in Pakistan. Westerners all too often cower and bow to Islamic supremacists while passively caving in to the ploy of accusations of “racism” and “Islamophobia.”
“Pakistanis offended by Chinese embassy official’s ‘Hijab off’ tweet; slam him for ‘insulting Islam,'” Business Today, March 10, 2021:
A video posted on Twitter by China’s Cultural Counsellor at the Chinese embassy in Pakistan has backfired on him. Zhang Heqing recently tweeted a video of a dancing Chinese girl with the caption: “Off your hijab, let me see your eyes. #Xinjiang dance”.
The tweet has not gone well with Pakistani citizens as the hijab is considered a sacred piece of clothing that women cover their heads with. As a result, scores of Twitter users in Pakistan slammed Heqing for “insulting” Islam, asking him to delete the tweet immediately. One even said that the tweet might strain China-Pakistan relations.
“This is an awful statement. But if the Chinese goes on like these Islamophobic statements than Pak-China relation will not end on good terms…But we must realise that stupid people like him are there who want to create misunderstandings. Better to reports him to the Chinese government[sic],” the Twitter user said.
Another Twitter user reminded Heqing that the hijab is very much part of “our Islamic values” and that ridiculing the same while holding a key position in Pakistan is shocking. “We condemn it and demanding you to delete this tweet,” the user added.
One user said that Heqing had “crossed the line” and asked the counsellor to apologise.
@zhang_heqing sir know your place. We respect China as a country .But you crossed the Red line with your derogatory tweet towards Muslim women. You should be ashamed of your self & issue an apology for your shameful tweet . I hope @ForeignOfficePk take up this issue
— Dr. Khan (@khannn666) March 7, 2021….
OTTER says
Islam is the only religion that has successfully used women’s clothes as weapons.
Control your women, get into a society where you have migrated, get them to accept your cloistered women, and use this to totally transform society.
Women’s dress in Islam is powerful weapon in the HANDS OF MUSLIM MEN.
It is not a matter of women’s rights as it is the potent vanguard of a culture that wants to take over. Clothes have significance just as gestures have. If we can look askance at a man raising one hand in front as totally objectionable because it is a Nazi salute, then, we are fully justified in objecting to the hijab, even if it willingly worn by Muslim women.
I love how Muzzies get outraged over women’s dress.
gravenimage says
OTTER, you also regularly demand that men control “their” women.
mortimer says
The goal of Islam is to subjugate all KAFIRS (including the Chinese) under discriminatory SHARIA LAW.
The Chinese don’t care what Sharia demands. Communism claims to supersede Islam and all religions.
Only communism and fascism are unethical enough to remove all of Muslims’ human rights and civil liberties in order to destroy Islam.
Keith O says
Mortimer, In a lot of respects your right, so it will be interesting to see what happens with 2 supremacist cultures pissed off with each other.
I wouldn’t call what the Chinese are doing “unethical”, bloody minded, pragmatic or maybe thorough? Ethics have nothing to do with their actions, much like mudslimes with their actions, it is simple focus on an end game for both parties.
World domination by any means
gravenimage says
I don’t believe that you have to embrace tyranny in order to oppose tyranny.
Check Burry says
Ive heard so many in UK say its not religious garb, the head or face covering, you know, The Lone Ranger look, reading the above I recon they are talking mince. Its all there in their Standing Orders, wear the gear girl, or else.
Honest Ali says
Muslims versus Communists… Battle Royale… Gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. 🙂
gregbeetham says
Muslims have been massacred in China many times in the past so these current ‘re-education’ camps in Xinjiang are probably benevolent by comparison to previous wholesale slaughters. The Islamic countries probably know from history that it could get worse, much worse, except Pakistan apparently.
gravenimage says
Muslims have also been slaughtering Chinese.
Infidel says
Ali, see my post below: Pakis won’t dare let out a beep when it comes to their overlords in Beijing
Hadrian says
Not all women want to dress up like ninjas, ya know?
gravenimage says
Only on Hallowe’en, maybe…
Fred van de Bunt says
The reactions from Muslims seem pretty timid to me.
Suppose a Western government official would have dared to tweet something, like that Chinese guy?
“Million Muslims” marches for months to come all over the Pakistan, “death to the West” fatwa’s raining down from mosques, death squads committing bombings and massacres all over the West…
I even start worrying. Is something wrong with those idiots?
gravenimage says
Weakness emboldens Muslims.
Kate says
Note re the allowance of non Muslim female sex slaves to be uncovered (bare chested) and male and female ethnocentric Muslims are fine with that.
Hoi Polloi says
“derogatory tweet towards Muslim women”…. Well, this is of course, the real problem in a world where their own violence toward women is enshrined in their teachings and practice. Nothing like a tweet to give a woman broken bones or an acid-destroyed face. Happy to see feminists yet again speaking out against this as well. Oh, yeah. Crickets.
gravenimage says
+1
Chrissie01 says
Yes, forever the victims. It is amazing.
I just found this page:
https://hindugenocide.com/
Millions of dead or wounded or humiliated HIndus by Islam.
How dare they?
Viktor Smith says
I am an ex-c*risti@n(now non-religious) from India, but these Hindus here, they simply have forgotten their past. It seems they’ve learnt Nothing! Most ppl here believe “Hindu-M**lim bhai bhai” (Hindu-M**lim are brothers)!! Such nonsense!! Don’t know what is yet to come for India and the West.
Infidel says
Not so sure about that. In India, in Left Bengal, which previously only elected socialists and communists, Hindus have seen how unchecked infiltration from Bangladesh has turned a lot of their areas into mini-Bangladeshes and made them a minority once again, and persecuted by their muslim neighbors
Which is why for the first time in history, the BJP has a fighting chance in that state, and people like Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath et al are campaigning in the state. To understand that, imagine California being in play and the GOP hiring people like Steve Bannon, Kris Kobach, Ann Coulter, Michele Malkin et al all campaigning there. That would be unimaginable even today, when California may or may not recall Gavin Newsom, but that’s what’s happening in India in a state that has for 74 years been either socialist or communist, as well as ‘secular’ to boot!
somehistory says
I don’t really care for the “culture” or policies of the government of china…it’s just as demonic as the nations that use islam to murder, torture, etc….but this guy didn’t really commit a “crime” against anyone.
He should not apologize. Never apologize when mo slums demand one do so. Stand firm
And the way the young woman is dressed….logic says that a mask on her face wouldn’t keep some lusty male from salivating. But, there is no logic in islam, mo slums don’t know logic, and the jabbing material is for control…control the women and control those who object to islam… it’s an in-your-face demand.
CogitoErgoSum says
Twitter …… pfffftttttt.
PRCS says
“sir know your place. We respect China as a country .But you crossed the Red line with your derogatory tweet towards Muslim women. You should be ashamed of your self & issue an apology for your shameful tweet . I hope @ForeignOfficePk take up this issue”
Derogatory towards women?
Well…
Qur’an 33:59 O Prophet! Tell thy wives and thy daughters as well as all [other] believing women, that they should draw over themselves some of their outer garments [when in public]: this will be more conducive to their being recognized [as decent women] and not be annoyed.
That “divinely mandated” nonsense is an overtly derogatory expression of Islam’s contempt for unbelieving women.
Remaining what has always been an intentionally discriminatory message, it is by today’s standards–here, at least–hate speech>/i> and deserves neither our respect nor special accommodation.
Infidel says
Well, if there’s one country that Pakistan doesn’t dare confront on islamophobia, it’s China. Like in the case of the Chinese persecution of Uyghurs, even though public Pakis sentiment is against it, Pakistan has been very careful not to publicly confront China on that issue. I’d be surprised if they acted differently in this case
Of course, that depends on whether Beijing decides to back their employee. To get an idea about mood in Pakistan about China, see this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMi0psb5VW8
tim gallagher says
Anyone who insults vile Islam is on the right track. It is giving Islam back its own disgusting, hate filled attitude towards all non-Muslim belief systems. Pakistan seems like the all time bad joke of a backward, primitive country. Its only industry seems to be bringing blasphemy charges against people and calling for the supposed blasphemers to be murdered. That seems to be pretty much all that the Pakistani people do. The Chinese regime is a disgusting regime but I hope, in this case, they tell the Pakistani Muslims to go to hell with their demand for the official to “know his place” and not “insult” islam.
Walter Sieruk says
So then “Islam is insulted ” Tough beans
Jerry says
Muslim Women are expected to wear at least a Hijab, but, preferably a Niqab, because Allah can’t stand the sight of Muslim Women.
somehistory says
If Mr. Trump, before he was banned, or Mr. Pompeo had said anything about this subject….the ugly scarf of domination…it would have been taken down and they would have been threatened with beheading.
gravenimage says
Pakistan: Muslims outraged over Chinese embassy official’s ‘hijab off’ tweet that ‘insulted Islam’
……………………
When are Muslims *not* outraged? And how dare anyone want to see a girl’s eyes? How insulting to Islam! Perhaps Islam *needs* to be insulted more often.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
Muslims are always on high alert for any microaggression – a nanosecond away from being “outraged”…
gravenimage says
So true, James.
tim gallagher says
James, I hear that being angry and outraged is very bad for your health. I occasionally hear a cardiologist, Ross Walker, here in Sydney who has a radio program and he often mentions how getting very angry, getting into a rage, leads to people having heart attacks, so,maybe, these Muslims getting perpetually angry is a good thing. Keep outraging these monsters and their lives will be shortened. As a doctor, I guess you would have observed this phenomenon. Muslims certainly have short fuses. Anyway, Islam, with its evil and barbaric content, definitely deserves to be continually insulted
James Lincoln says
Yes, tim.
People who are prone to anger and stress have a much higher incidence of myocardial infarction (heart attack)…
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the information, James. I was thinking,after I wrote my comment here, that the Muslims getting into a rage so often (all the time would be more accurate) is a terrible thing because of all the murder and mayhem they carry out ( I was thinking of all those raving loony type mobs that we see in Pakistan, especially when they baying for Asia Bibi”s blood) even though it might shorten their lives.
Geof B says
This is kind of funny . China has been backing Pak quite a bit and at the same time persecuting the uigers . Now a big hulaboo over the muslum hijab . It will be interesting to see how it goes