{"id":17648,"date":"2012-10-15T01:27:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T21:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.hasanagha.org\/?p=4758"},"modified":"2012-10-15T01:27:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T21:57:10","slug":"the-most-inappropriate-show-of-support-madonna-54-dedicates-onstage-striptease-to-pakistani-girl-shot-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/?p=17648","title":{"rendered":"The most inappropriate show of support: Madonna, 54, dedicates onstage striptease to Pakistani girl shot by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2217227\/Malala-Yousafzai-Madonna-dedicates-onstage-striptease-Pakistani-girl-shot-Taliban.html\">Daily mail<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>    Slammed as &#8216;cheap self-publicity&#8217; as singer strips off to &#8216;support&#8217; teenager shot for criticising terrorists<br \/>\n    Madonna writes Malala Yousafzai&#8217;s name across her back after education activist was shot on a school bus<br \/>\n    Pakistani people furious at bizarre display during the MDNA tour<\/p>\n<p>Clearly not content with flashing a nipple and &#8216;ironically&#8217; calling Barack Obama a Muslim, Madonna has decided to wade in on the shooting of a Pakistani girl after she spoke out against the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna continued to use her &#8216;MDNA Tour&#8217; to make yet another controversial statement by strip-teasing to &#8216;show her support&#8217; for Malala Yousafzai, who was shot on a schoolbus for writing a blog about how important education is.<\/p>\n<p>On her Wednesday night performance in the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, the singer began by telling her audience that she wanted have a &#8216;serious talk&#8217;.<br \/>\nMadonna stripped off to &#8216;dedicate&#8217; her act to a Pakistani girl who is in hospital in a critical condition<\/p>\n<p>Inappropriate: Madonna stripped off to &#8216;dedicate&#8217; her act to a Pakistani girl who is in hospital in a critical condition<\/p>\n<p>In yet another &#8216;controversial&#8217; act, the singer took her clothes off to support a cause that had touched her<\/p>\n<p>In yet another &#8216;controversial&#8217; act, the singer took her clothes off to support a cause that had touched her<br \/>\nMadonna shouted &#8216;support education&#8217;&#8230; before taking her clothes off, angering Pakistani people who branded it &#8216;cheap self popularity&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Madonna shouted &#8216;support education&#8217;&#8230; before taking her clothes off, angering Pakistani people who branded it &#8216;cheap self popularity&#8217;<br \/>\nMadonna performing in her MDNA Tour at Staples Center, Los Angeles, when she decided to embark on a striptease<\/p>\n<p>Madonna performing in her MDNA Tour at Staples Center, Los Angeles, when she decided to embark on a striptease<br \/>\nMalala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, but survived<\/p>\n<p>Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, but survived<\/p>\n<p>According to Entertainment Today, she told fans that the news that the 14-year-old had been gunned down by the Taliban had made her &#8216;cry&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;The 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot on a schoolbus for writing a blog about how important education was to her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Taliban stopped her bus and shot her. Do you understand the sickness and absurdity of this?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She rallied the crowd by shouting at them to support education and those who help women.<\/p>\n<p>But then the millionaire decided that this performance clearly was not a strong enough statement, and chose to &#8216;dedicate&#8217; a strip tease to the girl, who is currently in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>She turned her back to reveal &#8216;Malala&#8217; written across it, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This song is for Malala,&#8217; she said, before singing her &#8216;Human Nature&#8217; song.<\/p>\n<p>But her attempt to make a stand in the name of Malala backfired after furious Pakistanis discovered her act.<\/p>\n<p>There was a chorus of disapproval from Twitter users, who branded her performance a shameless attempt to garner attention, Entertainment Today reported.<\/p>\n<p>@OHPakistan tweetwed to NBC News&#8217; Amna Nawaz: &#8216;Get it Right: Associating #Madonna with #Malala IS DISRESPECT TO #Malala!!! Plz. Give #Malala a rest!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>User @bijm30caahm condemned the move: &#8216;Not the right way to pay Homage to Brave Malala. Its a way to earn cheap self popularity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A Taliban gunman boarded a packed school bus and shot a teenage education activist twice at point blank range.<\/p>\n<p>The brave teenager was targeted by the Taliban after speaking out against atrocities committed under the regime.<br \/>\nPeople have protested against attack on Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, in Hyderbad, Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>People have protested against attack on Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, in Hyderbad, Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>The senseless attack on of Malala Yousafzai has captured the heart of the Pakistani people, who have been praying for her recovery<\/p>\n<p>The senseless attack on of Malala Yousafzai has captured the heart of the Pakistani people, who have been praying for her recovery<\/p>\n<p>According to Malala&#8217;s friend Shazia, speaking to the Christian Science Monitor, a group of militants riding on a bike stopped the bus carrying the schoolgirls.<\/p>\n<p>Masked men then boarded the vehicle and pointed guns at the girls, asking for Malala.<\/p>\n<p>A hooded Taliban militant shouted: &#8216;Which one of you is Malala? Speak up, otherwise I will shoot you all. She is propagating against the soldiers of Allah, the Taliban. She must be punished.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Almost as soon as he shouted this, the militant recognised the youngster and shot her at point blank range.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting has horrified people in Pakistan and internationally, and has been followed by an outpouring of respect for a girl who earned the enmity of the Taliban for publicising their acts and speaking about the importance of girls&#8217; education.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the shooting, saying that the girl was promoting &#8216;Western thinking&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Malala was shot twice at close range and is currently unconscious in hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna has also used her tour to encourage her fans to support Obama by demanding they vote for &#8216;the black Muslim in the White House&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen of Pop threw her weight behind the president during a concert in Washington, D.C. on Monday, before stripping off her shirt to reveal her massive &#8216;Obama&#8217; temporary tattoo on her back.<\/p>\n<p>But she made a fatal error &#8211; which she later said was &#8216;deliberately ironic&#8217; &#8211; because Obama is a Christian.<br \/>\nSurprise endorsement: Madonna &#8216;backs&#8217; Obama with a temporary tattoo during her MDNA Tour at the New York&#8217;s Yankee Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Madonna &#8216;backs&#8217; Obama with a temporary tattoo during her MDNA Tour at the New York&#8217;s Yankee Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2217227\/Malala-Yousafzai-Madonna-dedicates-onstage-striptease-Pakistani-girl-shot-Taliban.html#ixzz29J1R13YB<br \/>\nFollow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily mail: Slammed as &#8216;cheap self-publicity&#8217; as singer strips off to &#8216;support&#8217; teenager shot for criticising terrorists Madonna writes Malala Yousafzai&#8217;s name across her back after education activist was shot on a school bus Pakistani people furious at bizarre display during the MDNA tour Clearly not content with flashing a nipple and &#8216;ironically&#8217; calling Barack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,10,4,3995],"tags":[2070,56,55,217],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17648"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/news08.hasanagha.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}