TW: The new Pakistani President Ali Ari Zardari managed to get himself in some quick doo doo during his meeting with "Dave" Palin. I posted earlier that Pakistan was complex.
From Christan Science Monitor:
"A radical Muslim prayer leader said the president shamed the nation for "indecent gestures, filthy remarks, and repeated praise of a non-Muslim lady wearing a short skirt....Clerics declared the act a "great sin" and, though less vocal about it, similar sentiments were shared by many among Pakistani's middle classes...
For the feminists it's less about cozying up to a non-Muslim woman and more about the sexist remarks by Zardari.
"As a Pakistani and as a woman, it was shameful and unacceptable. He was looking upon her merely as a woman and not as a politician in her own right," says Tahira Abdullah, a member of the Women's Action Forum. "
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