Visit to Turkey

Why has she to bow to that religion? She is Crown Princess for God 's sake !!

Nice photo.

Why the hijab? Is she making a state visit to the country or the religion?

That shouldn't be a mosque but instead belong to humanity.

I just cannot believe my comment was deleted over the other two.

Let's try this again.

Why has she to bow to that religion? She is Crown Princess for God 's sake !!

They just visited a mosque. Like many places of worship (and non-worship of course), Mosques have a dress code.

Some of us foreigners in Japan like to criticize others for not "doing as the romans do".

Here, we see that the Crown Princess is "doing as the romans do". Future Empress she may be, she obviously knows that that station doesn't allow her to bend the rules.

Why the hijab? Is she making a state visit to the country or the religion?

They just visited a mosque. It's the dress code.

That shouldn't be a mosque but instead belong to humanity.

That is for Turkiye to decide.

The Turks can turn it into a brothel for all I care. Right now, it's a mosque. You want to enter, you follow the rules. Just as I am trying to follow the (unwritten) rules to post here on Japan Today.

kikaiToday 12:08 am JST

That shouldn't be a mosque but instead belong to humanity.

That is for Turkiye to decide.

The Turks can turn it into a brothel for all I care. Right now, it's a mosque.

Then it should be classified as a world heritage site under threat. Some us care about world heritage.

Yes a mosque has a dress code. This not only includes a hajib for the lady but everyone has to remove their shoes. I think that second code is also part of Japan's cultural code.

To think, this wonderful structure has been visited by the likes of Mehmed II, leaders of the Eastern Roman Empire and many others! Had a chance to visit in 2018, highly highly recommend. Stunning architecture.

Eat the left:

Why the hijab?

Every Japanese dictionary includes an entry for the word "respect."

Does your country's dictionary not have it?

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Why has she to bow to that religion? She is Crown Princess for God 's sake !!

If you're not familiar with Japan's very first constitution, the "Seventeen-Article Constitution" from the year 604, let me introduce it to you:

Article 1: Tolerance is most important.

Article 2: Respect religion (Buddism at the time).

Article 3: Respect the Emperor (Political Power).

And so on.

"Respect Religion" is considered more important than "Respect the Emperor."