'SRIFA, Lebanon — Newly-crowned Miss USA Rima Fakih is the pride of her native village, with residents saying the Lebanese-American not only brought honour to southern Lebanon but also offered a different image of Shiite Muslims often stereotyped as radicals.
"She is an honour to us, a honour to all of southern Lebanon," her paternal aunt Afifa Fakih Said told AFP in Srifa, the beauty queen's hometown.
Residents of the southern village watched 24-year-old Rima compete in three categories -- swimsuit, evening gown and interview -- before winning the Miss USA title on Sunday.
Proudly showing off her niece's photograph on the front page of local newspapers, her aunt Afifa offered baklava pastries to wellwishers pouring in to her home.
A supersized framed photograph of Rima, whose family is Shiite Muslim, earlier winning the Miss Michigan crown hangs in Afifa's living room.
"We are so often described as terrorists and killers, but we Shiites love life and beauty -- and mainly the beauty of the soul, which is what is so special about Rima," said the veiled 62-year-old, who speaks English and French fluently.
"In this family, we are open to all religions," she said. "We have no political affiliation to anyone."
...Despite her dark, cascading waves and toned body, the new Miss USA has come under fire by right-wing bloggers, who have dubbed her a "terrorist in a bikini."
"Don't let her lack of a headscarf and her donning a bikini in public fool you. Miss Michigan USA, Rimah (sic) Fakih is a Muslim activist and propagandist extraordinaire," wrote conservative political commentator Debbie Schlussel in her blog.
"It's a sad day in America but a very predictable one, given the politically correct, Islamo-pandering climate in which we?re mired," wrote Schlussel, who slammed Fakih as a "Hezbollah-supporting Shiite Muslim." '
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She can terrorize me anytime ;^).
Debbie Schlussel, on the other hand, is an imbecile of Dollyesque proportions.
Dolly as in the commenter to this blog, that is, not Dolly Parton (AFAIK).
I thought she was just a hot brunette. Even when I read she was Lebanese,I assumed she was Christian. It's nice to see her family's proud of her. If she were Jordanian,we'd be reading about an honor killing.
If Hezbollah is proud of her, perhaps this will be the falling out between Hezbollah and Iran...God only knows how many earthquakes this is going to cause.
Yeah,we've got to be retarded to let a scumbag like yourself into the country habibi. Swallow a cherry bomb and stick your head in the toilet for us. Sadman Insane can use the company down there.
I'm not surprised the Saudi with dreams of blowing up World Cup fans was held at Camp Bucca for two years. What I don't get is why he wasn't sent back to Saudi Arabia when he was released. Returning Saudi jihadi's get the red carpet rolled out. All expenses paid at a high end country club,then a job,money for rent,and maybe even a car.
God, what a beautiful woman..
"some of them even get gangbanged"
Yes we know...the "resistance" has employed this tactic many times to shame women into becoming suicide bombers in Iraq. If only they didn't have to resort to such desperate meausures and had more recruits...like a ready-and-willing supporter from Los Angeles, to volunteer for the next attack on "the den of infidelity".
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4426139.ece
C H are you also concerned with the women you kill at afgnan weddings? Or the Iraqi women you raped? Or the ones you turned into widows? or the ones who's children you slaughtered? Or are you just worried about the ones "oppressed" by the ayatollahs?
Do you not like sexy women?
anonymous I agree with you but you need to understtand the stupid blow owner cocksucker.
His most important mission here is to show the Americans how modern and open-minded he is unlike those religious backward Muslims and Arabs. In addition to supportint wars on Arabs and Muslims he likes to show them he is not religious at all. He tries to present an image of a really cool dude.
A few days ago he came on here and said, im not making this up, he said..............."I was out in Purto Rico chilling for the weekend, I had a few cold beers and hung out with the Latin women...."
That almost a direct quote. We are supposed to gasp and say "wow....he is so cool.....what a devil..." lol
..............."I was out in Purto Rico chilling for the weekend, I had a few cold beers and hung out with the Latin women...."
Anon
That sounds like fun to me.
"we shiites love life and beauty" eh akeed, your women are sharameet. LOL.
C H, i read those remarks and I can assure you that shia muslims dont actually beleive this. Its funny how one Iranian makes a silly remark and it makes it in international news papers. Shall we start quating some views from Chrsitan Clergy???? Be fair.
Ali, the anonymous you are referring to is Jordanian Jarab living in Los Angeles.
Shia = kafir
"Shall we start quating some views from Chrsitan Clergy???? Be fair."
Ali, I know very well that Iranians do not believe this at all. The IRI thinks it can treat its population like they are a bunch of gullible little children who will fall for these scary stories, but they are painfully mistaken. It is what will ultimately lead to Khamenei's downfall...
As for the Christian clergy, be my guest. There are some inane things said by the late Jerry Falwell and the angry Robertson that are almost indistinguishable from the Qom clerics.
Well, I don't think it's fair to characterize Schlussel as "right-wing bloggers." Most conservatives despise: she has a habit of slandering her political "kin" constantly.
Anyway, it seems "anonymous" has gone quiet now. He'll probably be back after he finishes doing his taxes. The US military needs a source of funding, afterall.
Anon is a tool.
So Corey, supposing there were some Shia in Iraq who felt love for Hamenei and loyalty to him.
Would you distance yourself from such Eyerakeez, and say they are no good.
I mean since that Santa Claus over there killed the beloved Neda the Christian
Iraqimojo, thank god, I thought for a second he was a shia, but i should have realised that his manners was of a Wahabi/Salafi.
Dolly,
I distance myself from anyone who supports Khamenei, yes...mostly because I know people who have been threatened and even arrested by that scumbag's goons.
Do you distance yourself from anti-American "resistance" groups who align themselves with Khamenei? Like the Hezzies and Mookie Al-Sadr?
I read Miss USA went attended a Catholic school in her youth. I guess her parents aren't too fussy about dogma!
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