Women paid to listen to Kadhafi speech

france24 ^ | 16 November 2009

[JoeProBono]

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi gave a speech to 100 young Italian women recruited by a model agency and urged them to convert to Islam, newspapers reported on Monday.

The young women selected for Kadhafi's speech in Rome late Sunday each had to be at least 1.70 metres (five feet seven inches) be "pleasant" and "well dressed" but low cut tops and mini-skirts were banned, the newspapers said.

Each woman was paid between 50 and 60 euros and was hired by the Hostessweb agency, the reports said.

The women were told to got to a luxury hotel in the Via Veneto, without knowing why, and were then taken in buses to the Libyan ambassador's residence. Kadhafi is in Rome for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) summit.

The leader of the Libyan revolution arrived one hour late at 10:30pm to the amazement of the women who had expected a party rather than a lesson on the history of relations between Islam and the West and the role of women.

Kadhafi spoke for one hour during which the women were given nothing to eat or drink, the reports said.

"It is not true that Islam is against women," he reportedly said, with the Libyan ambassador, an interpreter and two of his "Amazon" female body guards in military uniform at his side, said Corriere della Sera, quoting the young women.

Before offering each woman a copy of the Koran, he shouted at them: "Convert to Islam, Jesus was sent for the Hebrews, not for you. But Mohammed was sent for all humans," La Stampa newspaper reported.

"You think that Jesus was crucified, but this is not true. God took him to heaven. They crucified someone who looked like him. The Jews tried to kill Jesus because they wanted to put the religion of Moses on the true path," ANSA news agency quoted him as saying.

Corriere della Sera said the speech finished about midnight and the women were given a copy of the "Green Book" of the Libyan revolution and another work on "How To Be Muslim?"

The Kadhafi show is not over yet. The reports said Hostessweb has recruited another 400 women for two new evenings with the Libyan leader on Monday and Tuesday.

[JoeProBono]

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi addresses the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Kadhafi gave a speech to 100 young Italian women recruited by a model agency and urged them to convert to Islam, according to the Corriere della Sera.

[MNDude]

that ugly guy with all those women? Man, I wouldn’t even make them listen to me talk about Islam!

[Hodar]

50 Euros = $74.83 U.S. dollars
60 Euros = $89.79 U.S. dollars

So, if you were in your early 20’s; and all you had to do to earn ~$75 was to dress up; and go to a swanky hotel to listen to an ugly old man - would you go? I likely would.

Besides, this is a modelling agency - if you pass on this ‘gig’ will you get a call back for a good one? Probably not. If you want the good ‘gigs’ that pay the big bucks, you go to every job you are contacted about.

[Sherman Logan]

Kadhafi spoke for one hour during which the women were given nothing to eat or drink, the reports said.

The horror!

[2banana]

"Convert to Islam, Jesus was sent for the Hebrews, not for you. But Mohammed was sent for all humans,"

Or we will kill you or at least make you dress up in a burka and be a sex slave...

[agere_contra]

They crucified someone who looked like him.

Warning: this is your brain on Islam

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Former Proud Canadian]

Why do they let this clown into the country?

Here is a quick quiz: Which North American country recently barred Kadhafi from visiting?

Freepmail me for the answer.

[hometoroost]

The pay’s not great but you get to sleep with old men who smell like goats, the beatings are frequent, and if you do something we really don’t like we’ll kill you.