Sweden's tough Muslim minister turns on veil
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THE SUNDAY TIMES: THE latest media darling of Scandinavian politics is not only black, beautiful and Muslim; she is also firmly against the wearing of the veil.
Nyamko Sabuni, 37, has caused a storm as Sweden’s new integration and equality minister by arguing that all girls should be checked for evidence of female circumcision; arranged marriages should be criminalised; religious schools should receive no state funding; and immigrants should learn Swedish and find a job.
Supporters of the centre-right government that came to power last month believe that her bold rejection of cultural diversity may make her a force for change across Europe. Her critics are calling her a hardliner and even an Islamophobe.
“I am neither,” she said in an interview. “My aim is to integrate immigrants. One is to ensure they grow up just as any other child in Sweden would.” Sweden's Muslim minister turns on veil
Mark Alexander
3 comments:
BRAVO! More power to this courageous woman.
I was on the edge of my seat as I followed the elections in Sweden last month, they were that close. She is one of the more articulate appointments the new centre-right party. I wonder how long it will be before she requires a bodyguard as do so many politicians in the Netherlands and elsewhere.
Ayaan Hirshi Ali the second
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