City welcome sign with Islamist woman in hijab sparks outrage in Sweden
On a digital advertising board at the entrance to Gävle in Sweden, a Muslim woman in a hijab has welcomed visitors to the city in the past week.
In a comment published on Facebook Gävle Municipality writes that Gävle is a city of “great diversity”.
“The woman in the ad is one of Gävle’s many Muslim women and she has chosen to wear the hijab because she wants to and because she feels like herself in it”, writes director of communications Johan Adolfsson.
Adolfsson is among other things known as one of the authors of the book “Pictures that change the world” – a guide on gender consciousness that calls for discrimination against whites, Christians and heterosexuals.
Roger Hedlund, who is a member of Parliament as a representative of the Sweden Democrats and also a member of Gävle City Council, is critical of the ad.
The reactions to the advertising board have been strong on social media.
Another SD politician, Ghazal Saberian, criticise the advertisement on her Facebook
Christian Democrat Soheila Fors shares a message she received from a female, non-veil-wearing Muslim in Gävle: “I am a Muslim but I don’t wear a veil. My sister is imprisoned in Iran for taking her veil off.
Many Swedes consider the ad board to be symbolic of the ongoing Islamisation of Sweden and that it, just like prayer calls, indicates that the city is Muslim.
In addition, it has emerged that the Muslim woman in question, Suzan Hindi, previously worked as a guide in a Salafist (extremist) mosque and also has links to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organisation.
It remains to be seen how long the board and ad will be up. The municipality will most likely not take it down. The inhabitants of Gävle, on the other hand, are known for vandalising public property. Torching of the city’s large Christmas goat is a popular amusement since many years. Maybe the board will meet the same fate!?
Voice of Europe