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Muslim Women & Lingerie Stir Debate on Twitter

TORONTO โ€“ A Canadian reporter has caused uproar on Twitter with regard to his tweet on seeing Muslim women outside a lingerie shop, drawing accusations for portraying the women as if they are not normal human beings.

The dilemma started after Michael Kane, a reporter for Business News Network (BNN) in Toronto, tweeted the following observation.

โ€œIโ€™m just a reporter: saw two modestly-dressed women with religious headgear come out of Victoriaโ€™s Secret store in the Eaton Centre,โ€ he wrote.

Muslim Women & Lingerie Stir Debate on Twitter - About Islam

Kane later said his statement was meant to โ€œcelebrate diversityโ€ and described it as a โ€œjoyful observationโ€ of the complexities of multicultural life.

Yet, he came under fire on Twitter as many questioned whether seeing Muslim women  shopping for underwear was interesting enough to warrant a social media post.

Muslim Women & Lingerie Stir Debate on Twitter - About Islam

Mocking uses of the phrase โ€œIโ€™m just a reporterโ€ began to appear.

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Kane responded to some of the replies after he was inundated by the online reaction.

In one of his replies he wrote, โ€œYour thoughts are to be respected. But you read too much into mine. I observe. Do not judge. I suggest people do not judgeโ€.

He argued that he was highlighting and celebrating what he described as Canadaโ€™s diversity.

Muslim Women & Lingerie Stir Debate on Twitter - About Islam

It isnโ€™t the first time in Canada that the issue of Muslim women and lingerie has caused a stir.

In 2012 a Canadian photographer Sooraya Graham, had her photograph removed from public display at a British Columbia university.

The photo depicted a woman in niqab holding a flower-embossed bra while folding laundry.

Lingerie shops are, contrary to stereotypes, common in Muslim countries, where sex and procreation for married people are often encouraged by religious teaching.

A recent guide to sex was published last month called โ€œThe Muslimah Sex Manual: A Halal Guide to Mind Blowing Sexโ€, written by a Muslim woman for Muslim women.