Muslim fury as Paris Hilton opens shop in Mecca
GLITZY socialite Paris Hilton has outraged Muslims by opening a new shop in their holy city of MECCA.
They took to social networking sites to vent their anger at the blonde celebrity who famously starred in an internet sex tape.
One said the development was insulting Mecca the holiest city for the worlds 1.2 billion Muslims. Others said the bags and accessories outlet in Saudi Arabia was an affront to the principal sanctuary of Islam.
One tweeted: How can someone who made such a video open a store in the holy city next to the Grand Mosque?
And a further added: It is not acceptable to have such a woman open her store here.
Store ... Paris Hilton's bags and accessories shop
But Paris, 31, was undeterred and tweeted a picture of the store alongside the message: Loving my beautiful new store that just opened at Mecca Mall in Saudi Arabia!
And she added: This is the 5th store in Saudi Arabia, and store number 42 in total! So proud to keep growing my brand!
Not all the tweets were negative. One said: Those who see this as a Western invasion of the Arab world shouldnt be buying nor marketing their products.
But to reject this concept and at the same time, buy all European and Western products is completely hypocritical.