"The Lebanese singer" triggers a controversy in Iraq .. The fame of Vzddat is unleashed!

The "Arab Post", in a report, said that "the few minutes during which Lebanese singer Joel Saada played the violin and the Iraqi national anthem were enough to ignite the Iraqi street and provoke controversy. Urgent ".

The story began when Joel, a show woman, attended the opening ceremony of the Asian Asian Cell Championships in Karbala, Iraq, in a sleeveless shirt and no hijab. She was considered "breaking the law" by playing the Iraqi anthem "Mawtani". The field is in front of 30 000 spectators.

A few hours after the end of the ceremony, Joel had to face a wave of criticism, not only to the critics, but also to those responsible for the opening ceremony, accused of "violating conservative habits" with Joel.

Some of those affiliated with "Islamo-political" parties have reacted angrily to the websites. Politicians and religious intervened to provoke new controversies.

As of Saturday, August 3, 2019, the issue of "girl with violin" is still being discussed in the Iraqi street, especially after political calls for an investigation into what happened.

The province of Karbala has its own law, called the "holy law of Karbala", which aims to prevent "encroaching on the sanctity of the province and preserving its religious character", but this law is difficult to apply.

The former Iraqi prime minister and current Dawa party general secretary, Nouri al-Maliki, called for an urgent inquiry at the opening ceremony and issued a statement denouncing the incident.

Maliki said that the opening ceremony of a dance "is an encroachment on the sanctity of the city (Karbala) and the damage to the sanctity of the city of Imam Hussein", did he declare.

For its part, the Shiite Staffing Bureau, a government agency concerned about Shiite endowments and their shrines in Iraq, issued a statement criticizing what he termed a "blatant violation of the sanctity of the sacredness." of Karbala ", including at the opening ceremony of the sports session.

The SAI described what happened at the ceremony as "a heinous act going beyond legitimate boundaries and deviating from the ethical controls to be followed," he said.

The Iraqi Sports Ministry found itself in trouble after opening the political issue and called for a statement issued on Friday, August 2, 2019 to "stay out of conflict and mutual accusations". on social networking sites ".

The ministry felt that what had happened at the opening ceremony was "totally involuntary" and justified it by stating: "The fact that the Ministry and the Football Association ensured that the executing society the need to release the ceremony of anything that would undermine the sanctity of the sacred province of Karbala ".

Although Joel has been severely criticized by Iraqi citizens and religious leaders, this has not prevented him from increasing his popularity on websites.

The channel said, "Alsumaria" Iraqi, that the accounts of "girl on the violin" on "Entgram" and "Facebook" have seen a huge participation of Iraqi fans to add.

Joel fans on Instagram became completely crazy after the end of the show, with more than 62,000 followers, adding that their numbers were increasing over time.