Don't like her any more or any less...  

I know lots of modern Muslims.  Many of them swear.  A couple of the guys even have tattoos.  Some of the girls choose to wear the hijab to cover their hair at most (although I've seen women around the city wearing the full head-to-toe coverings).  One girl was even pregnant outside of marriage, which she tried to deny for 6 months until it looked like she'd swallowed a bowling ball...

Absolutely NONE of the girls would pose naked for a photo shoot.

I love Monet.  I love the way that PAD writes her.  I love the fact he's looked at her background and reasonably deduced that she should be a Muslim... 

But a Muslim who poses naked, shows her goods at any passing super hero/villain who flies over the building while she's sunbathing naked, and flashes her fullsome funbags when in her super hero costume?  It's not jsut 'highly unlikely'.  It just wouldn't happen.

I live in the most populous Muslim nation and to be honest, I don't think M's behaviour is that unlikely for a Muslim,compared to the girls in my country at least. I'm not sure about Muslims in Monaco.

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but a Muslim who poses naked, shows her goods at any passing super hero/villain who flies over the building while she's sunbathing naked, and flashes her fullsome funbags when in her super hero costume?  It's not jsut 'highly unlikely'.  It just wouldn't happen.

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As a Muslim girl , I think it is exaggerated to be M a Muslim. But this does not mean that it is impossible to find Muslim girls do as they M do, but they are very few. Something else, Islam is a religion like any other heavenly religion, if you do good you would be rewarded if you misdeed you would be guilt.
In contrast, we can say that Sooray (Dust) an ideal example of the Muslim girl . This is my opinion :).
Btw, I agree with xerox-kitty ^_^

reminds me of this 

How often has Monet gone naked? Not very often, I think that is a bit out of character for Monet not because she's Muslim but just based on her personality for ages. Back in the days of Generation X she often had things to say about Emma Frost's way of dressing and that was back when Emma was even dressing a bit more conservatively than she did now. In X-Factor she's been portrayed a bit more like a Paris Hilton heiress type, which I don't particularly like. I do overall like Monet's characterization in X-Factor except when these things come up. So I think if you take the naked modeling as out of character the rest of it does though work for a Muslim character.

Think most people are surprised that Monet is a muslim...Emma Frost is one of the new in Marvel that shows off more flesh than her.

" @xerox-kitty: Plenty of christians cuss, pose naked and have sex before marriage and their religion says they're not supposed to but I don't hear anyone complaining when they do it  "

Just because shes a muslim doesn't necessarily mean shes a good one, pretty much all religions have people who claim the faith but break the rules, there are Buddhists eat meat, christians and jews who break commandments daily, Mormons who drink coffee, etc.etc.etc. Hell I even know atheists that go to church every sunday

" @xerox-kitty: Plenty of christians cuss, pose naked and have sex before marriage and their religion says they're not supposed to but I don't hear anyone complaining when they do it  "

" @xerox-kitty: Plenty of christians cuss, pose naked and have sex before marriage and their religion says they're not supposed to but I don't hear anyone complaining when they do it  "

" @joshmightbe said:

" @xerox-kitty: Plenty of christians cuss, pose naked and have sex before marriage and their religion says they're not supposed to but I don't hear anyone complaining when they do it  "

" Religion in comics shouldn't be an off-hand comment."
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" @xerox-kitty said:

" @joshmightbe said:

" @xerox-kitty: Plenty of christians cuss, pose naked and have sex before marriage and their religion says they're not supposed to but I don't hear anyone complaining when they do it  "

" Religion in comics shouldn't be an off-hand comment."
"

But it is in real life EVERY DAY. I know plenty of people who don't give a crap about the religion they were raised or born into until someone attacks it. "

 I even know atheists that go to church every sunday "

That made me LMAO!, wtf are they even athiest for then?

I don't mind. I don't think its like a full full reveal, more like Monet being Monet. If this was another character, this might be a bigger deal, It depends how one projects and interprets the scene, moment, as to what this might mean for the character henceforth. Personally I don't think it will mean too much beyond the superficial. Anyway, usually I don't like to quote people, as in quoting them just to show I agree and support what they wrote, but this thread can be the exception lol

"absolutely NONE of them would ever pose naked for a photo shoot."

@xerox-kitty

"That isn't even touching on the fact that Monet never prays."

@xerox-kitty

"Religion in comics shouldn't be an off-hand comment."

@Theworldbreaker

" @joshmightbe said:

 I even know atheists that go to church every sunday "

 

That made me LMAO!, wtf are they even athiest for then?"

My point is that it isn't completely unbelievable that she would be that off-handed with it. People like that exist in the world. But could she grow from that-sure.

i like her even more now because we can compare her with dust to show two types of muslims

The thing is why did she suddenly say she was a Muslim?

i've seen many monet-like muslims

Not a surprise, nowadays everyone is breaking apart expactations

as a muslim I am highly offended by  this.....  lol  NOT

"Guido was well within his rights to think she was making some kind of "I'm Spartacus" type stand.  Monet has never demonstrated her love for her religion.  Yes, it makes sense that considering her geographical roots that she would be Muslim.  However, she doesn't act like one.  Religion in comics shouldn't be an off-hand comment. "

Whoa! interesting character, I don't even pay attention to her in X Factor lol

Don't care
Still like her and it's her right to do whatever she wants so i don't really care if she walks around naked the only thing that bothers me is that marvel writers may get in lot of trouble for this XD

I think there are two ways of looking at this. Islam from a religious perspective and from a cultural one. Monet may not believe in any of the religious stuff but being a Muslim she still would have grown with an Islamic that would still connect her to the religion and make her take offense to Islamophobia and identify as Muslim.

This is...interesting.

I haven't read this myself, I don't understand the relevance of her being muslim in that image?
 
It's nice to see more Muslims characters in comics. I wasn't a fan of the stereotypically-orthodox slant with Dust (even though she grew on me as a character after a while) so this is kinda nice.

Well, she didn't claim to be a very good Muslim. She could think of herself that way as a part of her heritage even if she's not very active in practice.

She never said she was a practicing Muslim. Judging from her background, I doubt her parents worked above and beyond to build religious morals in any of their children. Its been stated before that the kids simply got whatever they wanted and their parents (even though their mother was killed early on) didn't seem to ever be in the picture except to make executive decisions and give them money, so one could argue she was never taught how to be a practicing Muslim.

To me, this is a case of, "I don't care about this aspect of my life/upbringing/heritage until someone slanders it". And given her arrogant and hot tempered personality, its not surprising that she would bring it up just to continue or add to an argument.
 
So with that in mind, to me it makes sense, given her upbringing and where she grew up. I feel someone like Paris Hilton would get the same reaction if she brought up the fact that she is Christian just to say it in a debate lol

@Theworldbreaker said:

@PowerHerc: H is for Hercules!

Damn straight it is!

m'eh, doesnt really matter.   She's not a hardcore Muslim judging by her actions, so this is more a piece of interesting trivia than actual character development.  I'll bet it's years before this is ever mentioned again, if ever.

                   

@Theworldbreaker said:

@PowerHerc: H is for Hercules!

Damn straight it is!

                   

               

@Theworldbreaker said:

@PowerHerc said:

@Theworldbreaker said:

@PowerHerc: H is for Hercules!

Damn straight it is!

Better than M for muslime..!

Hell yeah it is!

True words, my friend, true words.

@xerox_kitty said:

@Osiris1428 said:

" @xerox-kitty said:

" @joshmightbe said:

" @xerox-kitty: Plenty of christians cuss, pose naked and have sex before marriage and their religion says they're not supposed to but I don't hear anyone complaining when they do it "

" Religion in comics shouldn't be an off-hand comment." "

But it is in real life EVERY DAY. I know plenty of people who don't give a crap about the religion they were raised or born into until someone attacks it. "

So? I didn't say that there aren't a lot of fair-weathered people. There are just as many (if not more) people who do care about religion and as part of their daily routine they regularly go to pray. If M wants to get angry because someone insulted Muslims, that's fine... But for someone who has made a façade out of being better than everyone else, then she should make an effort to practise what she preaches once in a while.

WOW. I didn't know that. I am muslim as well, things are way too modern nowadays. I know of girls that have posed for a naked photo-shoots. So it isn't unheard of, just probably covered up in some way. Plus anyone who reads the news often enough has probably heard of Sila Sahin (muslim model) posing for Playboy.

Her family were quite upset and she also received death threats.

Personally I practice as much as I can. I don't pray 5 times a day, but I do try to pray at least twice. I definitely dont drink (not anymore), and I don't have tattoo's (even though I would probably be covered in them if I could get 1).

I am no different to anyone else. Religion is something that is always gonna move with the times. You just have to look at Muslim fashion to see that. Nowadays you can get Calvin Klein branded scarves for ladies (probably fake). If M dresses this way, it should be her choice. Besides you pay for your own sins, not for anyones elses. LOL.