socialite has managed to upset an entire religion!
The hotel heiress best known for sex tapes, flesh-baring skimpy
outfits and brushes with the law has sparked outrage in the Middle
East by opening a new shop in the Saudi Arabian Holy City of Mecca.
Hilton made the announcement on November 14 that her bag and accessory
collections were to be sold there, tweeting: "Loving my beautiful new
store that just opened at Mecca Mall in Saudi Arabia!"
The Twitter message quickly sparked an angry backlash complaining
about 31-year-old Paris pimping her products in the holy land, with a
slew of messages from Saudis voicing their disgust at the business
venture.
"Wahhabis at work! Historic religious sites in Medina are being
destroyed, while Paris Hilton opens a new store in Mecca mall," wrote
one critic, while another commented: "So Paris Hilton opened a handbag
store in MECCA? The world is a corrupt place at the moment. Someone
please send me to Mars."
The shopping center, also referred to as Makkah Mall, will be Hilton's
5th store in Saudi Arabia and her 42nd world wide. Paris managed to
insult the whole gay community in September by going on a homophobic
rant in a New York City taxi cab.