Chinese TV show replaces celebrity actress with a cartoon CACTUS because she was wearing a Hijab

[bsruzm]

what the Chinese are doing in this case is completely wrong and should not have been done.

But it is done and still.

 

[Arsalan]

But it is done and still.

That is the sad part, just like Sunnis killing Shia's or the other way around, it is still done but sad. Just like people dying of hunger and thirst in Africa, sad but true, like thousands of Muslims and there tragedy in Myanmar, or oppression of Kashmiri's or Palestinians.

 

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Chinese reality TV show replaces celebrity actress with a cartoon CACTUS because she was wearing a 'religious headscarf'

• In hit show, actress Ning Jing was given cartoon helmet and spiky hair
• Her headscarf was covered up in latest episode as it looked like hijab
• Spokesman said her religious clothes are not 'suitable' to broadcast
• The burqa is banned in public places in Muslim region of China

A Chinese celebrity was covered up by bizarre cartoon pictures during a reality television show because she was wearing a headscarf.

Actress Ning Jing, 43, was replaced by a large cartoon cactus during Saturday's episode of Divas Hit The Road, and given a pink helmet and spiky yellow hair at other points in the programme.

It is believed that her headscarf was covered up in the episode, which was filmed in Dubai, because it looked like the hijab worn by Muslim women, reported the People's Daily Online.

The burqa has been banned from public places in Urumqi, regional capital of the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang in north eastern China, since January.

The decision is described by some local media outlets as 'an effort to curb growing extremism'.

The giant cactus, which is pictured wearing a Santa hat and scarf, covers Ms Ning as she walks in a desert.

Her voice remained audible during the segment and her skirt can be seen moving behind the cartoon image.

A spokesman for Hunan TV, which aired the programme, told 163.com the cartoon images were used because 'her clothes touch the religious topic, hence are not suitable to broadcast'.

[HASHTAG]#NingjingBlurred[/HASHTAG] became a trending topic on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, as people went online to discuss the censoring of the actress, who is not Muslim.

The post has received nearly 30 million clicks since it appeared on Sunday.

Bizarre: The giant cactus replaced actress Ning Jing during the episode of Divas Hit the Road filmed in Dubai

New accessory: She was given a pink cartoon helmet to disguise the headscarf she was wearing

Covered up: She was also given a cartoon hairstyle. The TV station said it was because of 'religious issues'

Ning Jing replaced with a cartoon CACTUS in Divas Hit the Road | Daily Mail Online

Well done China

Seriously, WTH is wrong with some muslims? Are they the only religion out there??why do they have to poke their nose in the affairs of other countries simply because some citizen there is muslim? I dont see christians and buddhists poking their noses in affair if other countrues just because there happens to be a christian or buddhist in that country. When will these people stop politiciziing religion? Mind your own business. Lool no wonder the middle east isin such turmoil and backward, simply because of putting religion into every aspect of lives/politics/state etc. Let them keep it up, while the world moves on.