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Public Uproar in Norway at the recruitment of a full face niqab covering woman
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The Norwegian Muslim umbrella organization Islamic Council Norway has landed in hot water after hiring a woman who is a hardline proponent of the full face-covering niqab as its senior officer.
Islamic Council Norway recently received an almost 500,000 NOK grant ($59,000) from the Culture Ministry itself to improve the dialogue between the country’s Muslim community and the rest of society
Islamic Council Norway’s appointment of 32-year-old niqab supporter Leyla Hasic as its communications officer and administrative consultant has sparked an outrage in virtually all strata of Norwegian society.
Norwegian Culture Minister Linda Hofsted Helleland called the move “extremely ill-advised,” while numerous Norwegian MPs, columnists, and sociologists have expressed their concern about the appointment.
The most piquant detail, however, is that Islamic Council Norway recently received an almost 500,000 NOK grant ($59,000) from the Culture Ministry itself to improve the dialogue between the country’s Muslim community and the rest of society.
Read more: Nike jolts the liberals with its “Hijab Pro”
Culture Minister Linda Hofsted Helleland suggested in a Facebook post that the appointment would “create more alienation and less understanding.” Helleland wrote that it was important to “make a stand,” despite the fact that Norway had freedom of religion and cherished no plans of abandoning it, and threatened to withdraw state funding.
The appointment provoked an outcry in Norwegian society. Labor politician Jan Bøhler wrote in an opinion piece in Aftenposten that he, at first, believed the appointment was “fake news peddled by Islamophobes,” while columnist Andreas Slettholm argued that this should be the nail in the coffin for state support for the Council.
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Public Uproar in Norway at the recruitment of a full face niqab covering woman
Global Village Space |
The Norwegian Muslim umbrella organization Islamic Council Norway has landed in hot water after hiring a woman who is a hardline proponent of the full face-covering niqab as its senior officer.
Islamic Council Norway recently received an almost 500,000 NOK grant ($59,000) from the Culture Ministry itself to improve the dialogue between the country’s Muslim community and the rest of society
Islamic Council Norway’s appointment of 32-year-old niqab supporter Leyla Hasic as its communications officer and administrative consultant has sparked an outrage in virtually all strata of Norwegian society.
Norwegian Culture Minister Linda Hofsted Helleland called the move “extremely ill-advised,” while numerous Norwegian MPs, columnists, and sociologists have expressed their concern about the appointment.
The most piquant detail, however, is that Islamic Council Norway recently received an almost 500,000 NOK grant ($59,000) from the Culture Ministry itself to improve the dialogue between the country’s Muslim community and the rest of society.
Read more: Nike jolts the liberals with its “Hijab Pro”
Culture Minister Linda Hofsted Helleland suggested in a Facebook post that the appointment would “create more alienation and less understanding.” Helleland wrote that it was important to “make a stand,” despite the fact that Norway had freedom of religion and cherished no plans of abandoning it, and threatened to withdraw state funding.
The appointment provoked an outcry in Norwegian society. Labor politician Jan Bøhler wrote in an opinion piece in Aftenposten that he, at first, believed the appointment was “fake news peddled by Islamophobes,” while columnist Andreas Slettholm argued that this should be the nail in the coffin for state support for the Council.
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Public Uproar in Norway at the recruitment of a full face niqab covering woman
