{"id":232787,"date":"2019-08-29T13:39:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T08:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=232787"},"modified":"2019-08-29T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T08:39:54","slug":"female-turkish-tourist-gets-stopped-by-mullah-and-forced-to-recite-kalma-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/female-turkish-tourist-gets-stopped-by-mullah-and-forced-to-recite-kalma-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Turkish Tourist Gets Stopped By Mullah And Forced to Recite Kalma [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Pakistanis welcome male adventurers like\u00a0 Swiss cyclist, Silas Schmid and the &#8216;<em>American Rickshaw Wala<\/em>&#8216;, Alexander Volberding, they may not be so friendly towards women. This is exactly what happened to Turkish biker Asil Ozbay recently.<\/p>\n<p>While they don&#8217;t mind non-Muslim foreigners like Rosie Gabrielle, that may not always be the case for Muslim women. They may receive a cold shoulder (if they are lucky) or even religious sermons (if they are unlucky). Turkish biker Asil Ozbay experienced this while passing through Pakistan.<\/p>\n<h3>Bad Experience for a Turkish Tourist<\/h3>\n<p>Asil Ozbay was on her way when a fruit seller questioned whether she was a Muslim given she is a biker. When she told him she was indeed Muslim, he told her to &#8216;<em>recite the Kalma<\/em>&#8216; to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video detailing the deeply unsettling and uncalled-for exchange between the tourist and the nosy fruit-seller:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Turkish female biker <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Asil_ozbay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Asil_ozbay<\/a> asked to recite &#39;Kalima&#39; by Pakistani fruit seller to prove she is Muslim <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pnb1zJAjP6\">pic.twitter.com\/pnb1zJAjP6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rabwah Times (@RabwahTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RabwahTimes\/status\/1166388651644923905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/police-nabs-2-miscreants-who-harassed-canadian-model-assma-galuta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police Nabs 2 Miscreants Who Harassed Canadian Model Assma Galuta<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>As you can see from the video, Asil even went along with that &#8216;request.&#8217; Reciting the Muslim Kalma should have been enough for this deeply ignorant fruit-seller but apparently that was not the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>When she proved even that, he began with the &#8216;<em>religious sermon<\/em>&#8216; about how Muslim women should not be out in biker gear.<\/p>\n<p>Asil asked him why, as a Muslim woman she had not encountered this &#8216;<em>teaching<\/em>&#8216; in her faith. She told him she had to wear biker gear when she&#8217;s biking. Her biking gear consists of a padded jacket, helmet, and full-length pants, and boots.<\/p>\n<p>Call it a case of hurt pride, because this Pakistani fruit seller didn&#8217;t stop there. He then told her she shouldn&#8217;t be biking.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistani themselves don&#39;t like these Molvi type people lol. they barely consist 3% of our population.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; d_\/ (@eidannnaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eidannnaw\/status\/1166718944893440001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fruit seller thought Asil&#8217;s body was &#8216;<em>exposed<\/em>&#8216; in the biker gear. Perhaps for this ignorant soul, its not protective unless it covers your whole body.<\/p>\n<p>He added that with her biker clothes, people will &#8216;<em>look at her body.<\/em>&#8216; That has not stopped people from staring at burka-clad women, so we&#8217;re not sure what this man is smoking here.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish biker then put him in his place saying;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;No one looks at my body, it&#8217;s (all about having) a different mindset.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistanis-are-cancelling-netflix-over-bard-of-blood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pakistanis Are Cancelling Netflix Over &#8220;Bard of Blood&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Is This How Pakistan Wants to Attract Tourists?<\/h3>\n<p>So Muslim ladies, before you set out to make your nation proud, please remember what this man had to say. You shouldn&#8217;t be doing so, to begin with, and please don&#8217;t demand any logical explanation for it. It just is that way, like unicorns just are.<\/p>\n<p>Some people raised the issue of women being mistreated in Pakistan, given the conservative mindset.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnotherGunner\/status\/1166882803033792512<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Indian <em>bhakhts<\/em> chipped in, clearly cognizant of all that happens in Pakistan but not in their own backyard. That Pakistani fruit-seller did us no favors in the positive image-building department.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistanis are Jihadi nuts.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u0940\u0923 \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917\u0940 \/ Praveen Tyagi \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\udd49 (@praveent_india) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/praveent_india\/status\/1166486836312772613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another radicalised nutcase.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ashima Kaul (@sakurasjournal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sakurasjournal\/status\/1166715678352650240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This <em>bhakht<\/em> even dragged Ilhan Omar, the Somali-American Muslim Congresswoman, into this. We think all extremists really don&#8217;t follow logic at all.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShuchiPavak\/status\/1166771704833560580<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, this Twitter user made the main point. Tourism doesn&#8217;t work without foreigners, this is how a fellow Muslima was treated, what about the others?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What if she wasn&#39;t a Muslim? And how PM IK says they will attract tourism to get income?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sandeep Sapre (@SandeepSapre2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandeepSapre2\/status\/1166399109936246787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pakistani fruit seller promoting tourism.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KlasraRauf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KlasraRauf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mission_2024 (@RisingJumboDwep) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RisingJumboDwep\/status\/1166415751797858305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnotherGunner\/status\/1166879768672919553<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/this-american-blogger-says-pakistan-is-not-an-easy-country-to-travel-in-and-we-share-her-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This American Blogger Says Pakistan Is Not An Easy Country to Travel In And We Share Her Concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It really is unfair that Pakistan is being judged based on the actions of this one man. But it is necessary to do something to counter this negativity towards foreign visitors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s WRONG to frame an entire country for the behaviour of a single person!<br \/>There are people of different mentalities in all parts of world, so in Pakistan.<br \/>1\/2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aliza (@Aliza_B_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aliza_B_\/status\/1166784809869484034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even this former expat in Pakistan was appalled by the behavior.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/EleniDuplessis\/status\/1166438845765890052<\/p>\n<p>With the number of Pakistani men supporting the fruit seller&#8217;s actions, that doesn&#8217;t bode well for tourism and the economy (uh-oh):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice job by fruit seller. His knowledge is great. Women should not expose their bodies.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Khurram (@Khurram91550269) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Khurram91550269\/status\/1166396465276735493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marathi_Rama\/status\/1166683424750309377<\/p>\n<h3>Concluding Thoughts<\/h3>\n<p>Are the authorities awake to this extremely damaging incident? Or are they busy selling the idea of Pakistan being open for business and tourism, even though there&#8217;s a lot to be done in making Pakistan safe and a memorable destination for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>We can help but remember a certain American blogger&#8217;s words about tourism in Pakistan here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Pakistanis welcome male adventurers like\u00a0 Swiss cyclist, Silas Schmid and the &#8216;American Rickshaw Wala&#8216;, Alexander Volberding, they may not be so friendly towards women. This is exactly what happened to Turkish biker Asil Ozbay recently. While they don&#8217;t mind non-Muslim foreigners like Rosie Gabrielle, that may not always be the case for Muslim women. 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