Meanwhile, Iranian women are being killed fighting for the right not to wear hijab. Could the EU be more tone-deaf? Could it be more unmistakably on the path to submission and Islamization?
“Islamic veil: for the European Union, ‘freedom is in the hijab,’” translated from “Voile islamique : pour l’Union européenne, « la liberté est dans le hijab »,” Valeurs Actuelles, September 28, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):
A controversial campaign. Recently launched by the Council of Europe, via its program for inclusion and the fight against discrimination, a promotional campaign celebrating diversity and “freedom in the hijab” has been denounced by several politicians in France, leading some to request the removal of the posters. These feature portraits of several young veiled women with a message in English “Beauty is in diversity as freedom is in hijab” (“Beauty is in diversity as freedom is in the hijab”)
Passing relatively unnoticed at first, the campaign, co-financed by the European Union, ended up provoking the ire of Internet users and many political figures such as Nadine Morano, who challenged Ursula von der Leyen. “Madam President of the European Commission, I ask you to immediately put an end to this scandal of the use of European funds for scandalous Islamist propaganda. This campaign is an insult to Iranian women who are dying for their freedom,” she tweeted on Wednesday, September 28.
The acting president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, also reacted on social networks, denouncing the attitude of the European Union, which “takes a new step in submission by promoting the Islamic veil worn by a little girl.” “Let us all be well aware that this relativism and this cowardice are preparing the ground for a victory of obscurantism on our continent,” he added. This campaign shows in particular that religious freedom should not be confused with the promotion of a religious sign.
