Another day, another Kardashian scandal. This time, Khloé Kardashian is coming under fire for wearing a niqab in a selfie posted to Instagram while vacationing in Dubai.
Khloé shared the image of her dressed in the veil to her 22.9 million followers on Tuesday with the caption "Habibi Love." Habibi is a casual Arabic term of endearment, with a meaning similar to "beloved."
Commenters almost immediately pounced on the image, calling Khloé out for cultural appropriation.
Habibi Love A photo posted by Khloé (@khloekardashian) on May 26, 2015 at 6:11am PDT
Women who wear the niqab for religious reasons are ridiculed, but when Khloe Kardashian wears it for IG likes, it's cute and fashionable— Nour Abu-Safe (@NourAbuSafe) May 26, 2015
People are head over heels for Khloe in a niqab but run for their dear lives while chanting slurs at Muslim women.. K.— fatimami (@ohitsfatimaa) May 26, 2015
This isn't the first time Khloé's been criticized for cultural insensitivity. In October, she triggered backlash for an Instagram photo of her and brother-in-law Scott Disick dressed in Halloween costumes, she as a cat and he in traditional Arabian garb. To make matters worse, she captioned the photo with "Sheik Pussy."
On an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Khloé apologized for her screw-up after speaking with two Muslim employees at the Kardashian family's DASH boutique.
"After talking with Nazy and Durrani, I’m really upset that I’ve offended anybody," she said. "I’m even more bothered that the commenters think I’m poking fun at their culture. I didn’t realize how offensive it was. I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong. I really just have to be more aware of what I write, even if I think it’s tongue-in-cheek and I have to be more sensitive to that. I’m sorry to anybody I offended. That was the last thing I ever wanted to do."
Judging by Tuesday's Instagram, however, Khloé has more to learn about cultural appropriation.