William Flew on beauty contest

The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in form this time on and forevermore."


William Flew on Beauty contests



Some of the abuse is from Muslim men who claim she is denigrating Islam by taking part in the competition. But she has also been contacted by white supremacists who 


say an Asian should not be allowed to represent Britain, and by feminists who denounce beauty pageants.
What messages have most alarmed her? “Well, I’ve got one text message on my phone right now, and if I were to read it out, you’d see.” What does it say? “Okay, I’ll read 


it out: ‘You whore. Do you know the meaning of Islam? You will burn in fire and ice . . . Allah will kill you one day. You’re ugly and you’re too ugly to be Miss Universe. You 


are an insult to Muslims; you are just making Islam look bad. Your brothers will kill you.’ ”
She stops. There are many messages such as that one.
Last month Bukhari cancelled a charity walk in her local park for the Joshua Foundation, which helps children with cancer, because of fears about security. And a few days 


ago her online fan page was shut down after a particularly virulent racist rant was posted on it.
“After I closed my page, a friend was sent internet links to images of people who were murdered for standing up for their beliefs. That’s been reported to the police and it did 


scare me.