While the western world continues debating whether it is acceptable for women in society to completely cover their face for religious reasons, Sweden’s socialist government has announced that members of its police force, military and fire service will soon be wearing the Islamic hijab.
In 2011, Iman Aldebe created a stir by designing the first uniform hijab for the Swedish police force. The headdress was accepted despite the critical reaction, as many argued that the police should not send religious messages.
Now, the 32-year-old Jordanian-Swedish designer took a further step forward and has designed uniform Islamic veils to be worn by military personnel and firefighters, both of which turned out to be very optimistic about the idea, according to the Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten.
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“I’ve been in dialogue with them, as the veils must not pose any fire risks and the like. But they are very positive about this,” Iman Aldebe told Göteborgs-Posten.
Sputnik reports:
According to Aldebe, many were upset when she launched the police uniform veil back in 2011, with critics accusing her of trying to Islamize Sweden or forcing women to wear religious garments. By Adlebe’s own admission, however, it is a question of helping Muslim women getting introduced into Swedish society, becoming self-sufficient and alleviating their dependence on their Muslim spouses.
I want to build bridges, so that nobody is left outside society or living off the state, which many Muslim women are accused of,” Aldebe told the Swedish news outlet Nyheter24. “For me, Sweden stands for democracy and equality. I grew up in Sweden with that. To first say that they live off the state and then state that they are unwanted in these state professions would simply be wrong,” she added.
Norm Form presents The Police Hijab, Military Hijab and The Firefighter Hijab by Iman Aldebe during @ArkDesC exhibition #Normform pic.twitter.com/Ck427RLps4
— Iman Aldebe (@ImanAldebe) October 8, 2017
Additionally, Aldebe believes that the change of fashion may also contribute to a “more positive” image of Muslim women in society. A veil-clad policewoman produces an air of authority, she claimed. While Aldebe admitted that Islamic garments might be perceived as a strong statement, she also claimed that for hijab-wearers, it’s about being like any other woman in Swedish society.
Swedens First Police Hijab by – Norm Form Exhibition at @arkdesc #imanaldebe #religiousworkwear #swedishpolice #normform #arkdes pic.twitter.com/GDtgMHdTx0
— Iman Aldebe (@ImanAldebe) October 7, 2017
In neighboring Norway, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she personally would never employ a person wearing an Islamic face veil, whereas Finance Minister and Progress Party leader Siv Jensen suggested that Muslim women wore face-covering garments simply to provoke a reaction.
Baxter Dmitry
Email: baxter@thepeoplesvoice.tv
HA, HA, Ha funny , chicken shit country. Soon they will loose all their rights & freedom. They have given up
There is a lot beautiful in Islam,but I loathe the hijab and particularly so when used in the West. It puts a distance between the wearer and the culture that has accepted that person into its midst. It is a lack of respect for the host culture. I support the banning of this crap, these accourtrements of middle eastern culture that have very little to do with true Islam. Islam, like Christianity, only asks that the woman be modest in her appearance. That is, that she not be wanton and vulgar — like our pop culture heroines.
So Frederick here thinks Islam is good when it puts woman in their place. You should be free to wear what you want or nothing at all. We enter this world naked and pure. We exit clothed and dirty. Whomever assigned sexuality to nakedness was dirty of mind and body.
Sweden is therefore, Muslim?!?!??!?!?
I hate Socialists.. they gave their country away to Muslims.
Gross assault against swedish culture.
This is disgusting!
Viking men traded their balls for a cross centuries ago and are rolling over again.
Would you have trust nazis in our military in WWII? ? Are you completely void of braincells??