Video showing the first lady's image blurred out was shared on several social media platforms. PHOTO: AFP
Obama and King Salman met briefly on the sidelines of King Abdullah's funeral who died last week.
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Television channels across Saudi Arabia showed King Salman welcoming Obama and his wife at the bottom of a red-carpeted ramp while a military band played the US and Saudi national anthems.
Michelle Obama wore a pair of slacks and a blue top with her hair uncovered. This was in stark contrast to Saudi women who are required to cover from head to toe.
PHOTO: REUTERS
A video showing the first lady's image blurred out was shared on several social media platforms as some criticised her for not covering her head with a headscarf.
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The Saudi embassy, however, took to their Twitter account and denied that her images were blurred.
Report by Bloomberg View's Josh Rogin that Saudi TV "blurred" image of First Lady Michelle Obama is FALSE. Should check facts, not Facebook
— Saudi Embassy USA (@SaudiEmbassyUSA) January 27, 2015
On the contrary, on a trip to Indonesia with her husband in 2010, Michelle Obama wore a headscarf to a mosque in Jakarta. The first lady came under scrutiny by many in the Muslim world for not doing the same in Saudi Arabia.
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During the four-hour trip, Obama and King Salman held talks at the King's private residence - Erga Palace.
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