{"id":130896,"date":"2026-02-12T16:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/muslim-woman-rejects-rutos-hug-in-mandera\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:03:11","slug":"muslim-woman-rejects-rutos-hug-in-mandera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/muslim-woman-rejects-rutos-hug-in-mandera\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim woman rejects Ruto\u2019s hug in Mandera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 12 \u2013 A moment of cultural sensitivity drew attention during President William Ruto\u2019s visit to Mandera on Thursday, as a Muslim woman politely declined a hug from the President during the launch of the NYOTA programme.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage from the event showed President Ruto approaching the woman with open arms in a friendly gesture. <\/p>\n<p>The woman, however, extended only her left hand before fully withdrawing, leaving the President smiling and briefly waiting in good humor to see if she would change her mind. <\/p>\n<p>She did not, and the interaction ended courteously.<\/p>\n<p>In the Muslim cultural practices, women avoid physical contact, including handshakes or hugs, with men who are not close family members. <\/p>\n<p>This is rooted in Islamic teachings on modesty and gender interactions, which emphasize respectful boundaries between men and women.<\/p>\n<p>The incident sparked discussion online, with many praising the woman for upholding her beliefs and others commending President Ruto for his respectful response.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 12 \u2013 A moment of cultural sensitivity drew attention during President William Ruto\u2019s visit to Mandera on Thursday, as a Muslim woman politely declined a hug from the President during the launch of the NYOTA programme. Video footage from the event showed President Ruto approaching the woman with open arms in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}