>>11912838(cont.)
These clearly positive descriptions of Byzantine women's beauty tend to belittle the women of the subject culture, i.e. the Muslim women. The evident emphasis on the beauty of Byzantine women implies that local beauty was no match for that other one. It was this very fair beauty shining on the other side of the border, at relatively close proximity, without being able to have sex with them and possess them, that had the potential to threaten the harmony of the brown Muslim males from the psychotic and dysfunctional Ummat al-Islām.
Pic, former magnificent Byzantine Church converted to Military HQ in Islamic Ottoman Empire. Circassian cavalry awaiting their commanding officer in occupied Constantinople. Painting by Alberto Pasini 1826-1899