Muslim woman seeks acceptance of her burka

Well this is not something you see very often.

News Deskbdnews24.com
Published : 24 Sept 2015, 08:08 AM
Updated : 24 Sept 2015, 08:12 AM

A woman, with her Gibson Flying V electric guitar playing heavy metal riffs on stage and wearing a burka!

Based in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, Gisele Marie is a Muslim and professional heavy metal musician.

The 42-year-old is the granddaughter of German Catholics and converted to Islam several months after her father died in 2009, reports Reuters.

She wears a burka—the long, loose garment covering the whole body from head to feet, except for the eyes, worn in public by women in many Muslim countries.

Marie has been fronting her brothers’ heavy metal band ‘Spectrus’ since 2012.

When she looks out from the stage, she often spots audience members looking confused.

“People do not expect to see a Muslim woman who uses a Burqa, practices the religion properly and is a professional guitarist who plays in a Heavy Metal band, so many people are shocked by it,” she said.

But Marie says some find it interesting.  “But other people are curious and find it interesting, and others think that it is cool, but definitely, many people are shocked.”