Madonna as Counter-Jihadist, Part 2

Citizen Warrior wrote a post a few weeks back on Madonna as Counter-Jihadist. 

I agree with him. 

 Here, she's doing it again, and she's doing it right, in my opinion.

Madonna in Chainmail Niqab

She is no stranger to pushing the boundaries whether it’s by stripping off on stage or posing with a gun. And on Wednesday Madonna did it again as she shared a picture of herself on Instagram wearing a chainmail mask which appears to be a niqab – a face veil traditionally worn by Muslim women.

The 54-year-old accompanied the image, which appears to be from a shoot with Harpers Bazaar, writing: ‘The Revolution of Love is on...Inshallah’ (Arabic for God Willing).


Gazing into the camera the powerful image instantly raised eyebrows amongst her Twitter followers who were left struggling to imagine what sort of point she was trying to make with the image.

While some believed she was using the image as a message of female empowerment, others took it as a criticism of the oppression of women in some Islamic countries.

Madonna is a well-known follower of the Kabbalah religion, however her boyfriend Brahim Zaibat is Muslim.