Jakarta – Fanatics Froth At First Lady’s Non-Sectarian Style!

 Yesterday, left, and in former times

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Delighted to see that President Jokowi’s First Lady looked great with her hair un-shrouded, at the inauguration events in  Jakarta yesterday.

 

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You can see for yourselves what a vast improvement removal of the head-scarf makes! The damn thing always makes them look older, too.

And of course that goes for any woman, not just Iriana. She chose to dress in fine traditional Javanese style, which, unlike the jilbab, is not an Arab import but truly Indonesian.

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Former President SBY’s wife, Ani, also set a similarly excellent example to Indonesian women. As indeed did President Megawati who occupied the State Palace before that.

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• Inevitably, some uptight sectarian bigots started whining…http://www.deliknews.com/2014/10/20/lepas-jilbab-iriana-jokowi-dikritik/ … but I think most people here will share my view.

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ANY President’s wife is wise to show the world that Indonesia is NOT a backward country but a pluralist democracy in which women are NOT second-class citizens –  with nobody entitled to tell them what to wear, any more than any man.