Muslim Woman Fired From Television Job For Being Too Ugly

   Modern-day actors and television personalities have proven that you don’t have to be a size 2 or have the facial features of a Greek god to make it on camera; however, one Muslim woman may have been considered too unattractive to appear on television.
   According to Gulf News, a Saudi woman claims she was fired on her first day on the job at a news station because she was “not beautiful enough” to appear on-screen.
   The woman, who has not been identified, alleges that she was offered a position as a news anchor and was given a contract by an Arab channel in Riyadh. However, when she reported for duty at the office, she claims that her boss informed her she would not be appearing on camera, Makkah reports.
   The only reason for her termination she could cite was when the director became belligerent with her, who she claims insulted her by ultimately telling her that her looks were not good enough to be broadcast.
The embarrassed woman demands that her termination was a breach of contract because there was no stipulation of a three-month probationary period with a right for immediate dismissal.
    She alleges that she was fired due to discrimination on the grounds of her physical appearance.
A court in Riyadh is due to examine her case.
Misogynistic rule on behavior and appearance is in full effect in Saudi Arabia. Television is an ideal outlet for purporting this standard, as other local cases have shown.

 
The Daily Mail reminds us of Noora Al Adwan, a female member of the Shura Council who demanded that a strict, conservative dress code be forced on all Saudi women in private stations.
Adwan claimed that uncovered female news casters were ruining the country’s reputation with Western clothing and heavy makeup.
Last year, when a Saudi female anchor reported from the London studio of Al Ekhbariya without a head-covering, she sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
 

She was looked at as a seducer and a woman who is attempting to adhere to Western culture, a sin under Sharia law.
Islam is an ideology of sex. Every abstinence from sin is to receive a sexual reward in the afterlife, but only for men. Devout Muslim men are believed to receive virgin boys and girls in heaven, along with their earthly wives. A devout Muslim woman will be lucky to serve her sex-thirsty husband in heaven.