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I understand that many Catholics are also against near-nude "sexy" ads in public places. But the background context makes it clear that Khan was not spontaneously deciding to strike a blow for common-sense modesty or decency. Rather, it comes in the wake of Muslims engaging in organized vandalism campaigns in London and Birmingham to deface "western" bikini advertisements.
It's the slow-motion imposition of Sharia law backed up by the threat of mob violence against property. The trick, of course, is to also make it acceptable to feminists and other leftists by talking about "body shaming" issues and the like--which of course most Muslims couldn't give a damn about.
This is how it's happening, people.
From The Daily Caller:
London’s Muslim Mayor Bans Sexy Women In Advertisements
Sadiq Khan, London’s first Muslim mayor, announced Monday that “body shaming” advertisements will no longer be allowed in London’s public transport.
“As the father of two teenage girls, I am extremely concerned about this kind of advertising which can demean people, particularly women, and make them ashamed of their bodies. It is high time it came to an end,” Khan said.
Khan was not clear in what would determine which ads would be banned, as it doesn’t include all images of people in underwear or swimming clothes. Most underwear and bikini models though can be assumed to have non-average bodies.
There was a petition with over 70,000 on Change.org opposing an advertisement with women in a bikini that asked “are you beach body ready?”
The petition said, “Protein World is directly targeting individuals, aiming to make them feel physically inferior to the unrealistic* body image of the bronzed model, in order to sell their product.”
Recently, advertisements featuring bikini-clad models in the British city of Birmingham were spray painted over. Birmingham has a high Muslim population.
Censored! Bikini advert blacked out with spray paint by 'Muslim extremists who object to women in swimsuits'
She is supposed to be advertising a sexy bikini.
But instead the model on this poster, in Birmingham, has been defaced in an act of vandalism blamed on militant Muslims who were offended by her flesh.
Similar acts of vandalism have been carried out in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Police there also believe extremists are responsible.
The advert, which promotes a £3.99 bikini top from high-street fashion retailer H&M, a scantily-dressed model stands on a sun-kissed, white sand beach.
The freestanding advertising unit, stands in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham, which has a large Muslim population.
Across the road from 'Muslim Students House Masjeed', an education centre, the poster is next to a busy main road.
The fact that almost all of the model's flesh has been covered has led local residents to speculate that the vandalism was not random, but a religiously-motivated targetted attack.
Delivery driver Robert Tonkins, 45, said: "You see a lot of women wearing the hijab around here, and what's been done to that poster looks very similar to it.
'I don't think it's just kids messing around - they've spray-painted specific areas and covered up anything that might be offensive to very religious people.
'It's a bit worrying, I don't think it's up to other people to decide what can and can't be displayed on our streets, especially because we're a Christian country.'
