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Austria: Ministers draft legislation to ban Islamic veils in the workplace

Jan 7, 2017 1:41 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams

Muna Duzdar, who is Muslim and from the Social Democratic Party (SPO), said that she was open to “discussions about this but in reality one cannot pick individual religions. If you discuss religious dress and symbols, you have to speak about all religions.” However, one does not hear bellows of discontent from other religions as they clash with Western values. Proponents of other religions collectively find ways to adapt and integrate and appreciate the freedoms that Western constitutions protect.

Meanwhile, as expected, “the new proposals have been dubbed ‘anti-integrative’ and ‘discriminatory’ by the Islamic Religious Authority of Austria (IGGIO), who claim that the legislation could sparks tensions between Muslims and the integration ministry.” Threats, threats and more threat”: it’s the Islamic supremacist way.

So are lies: “Ibrahim Olgun, head of the IGGIO, said wearing headscarves was a form of liberation for women and a symbol that fought against societal ‘patriarchal prejudices.’” The truth is just the opposite of what Olgun claims. After the Iranian Revolution, 100,000 women took to the streets to demonstrate for women’s rights and protest against the headscarf. Women who dare not wear the scarf in Saudi Arabia face “the wrath of the religious police.” 15 girls in Mecca were once trapped inside a burning school and burned to death; the Saudi religious police did not allow them to escape because they did not have the “proper covering.” The Islamic State also stoned five women to death for not wearing the veil.

“Public sector workers ‘must be BANNED from wearing Islamic veils at work’ claims minister”, by Charlie Bayliss, Express, January 7, 2017:

Sebastian Kurz has drafted the new regulations together with Muslim colleague Muna Duzdar to help create a more “secular state”…..

Mr Kurz, from the Christian Conservative People’s Party (OVP), added that Austria “is religion-friendly, but also a secular state” – yet claimed it was acceptable to have Christian crosses in classrooms across the country.

He said: “Crosses in the classrooms wouldn’t be questioned. Crosses in the classrooms are part of historically grown culture in Austria.”

Kurz has previously made calls for a nationwide ban on full body veils and urged authorities to implement restrictions on Koran distributions by Salafist Muslims in the central European nation – a move which would go further than the French headscarf ban.

Duzdar, from the Social Democratic Party (SPO), said Kurz and herself were working “on a dialogue with all religious communities”.

She added: “I’m open to discussions about this but in reality one cannot pick individual religions. If you discuss religious dress and symbols, you have to speak about all religions.”

Muslim pressure groups moved quickly to condemn Kurz’s initiative, accusing the minister of double standards.

The new proposals have been dubbed “anti-integrative” and “discriminatory” by the Islamic Religious Authority of Austria (IGGIO), who claim that the legislation could sparks tensions between Muslims and the integration ministry.

Mr Ibrahim Olgun, head of the IGGIO, said wearing headscarves was a form of liberation for women and a symbol that fought against societal “patriarchal prejudices”.

He added: “Do you want to push the emancipated and educated women… push them back into the kitchen?”

 

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Filed Under: anti-dhimmitude, Austria, Featured, women's rights in Islam Tagged With: Christian Conservative People's Party, Islamic Religious Authority of Austria, Muna Duzdar, Sebastian Kurz, Social Democratic Party


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  1. IQ al Rassooli says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 2:08 pm

    To ALL none Muslims/ Kuffar/Infidels

    NIQAB (covering of a woman from head to toe) is NOT, I repeat NOT in ISLAM

    It is NOT in Muhammad’s Quran or Sunna and $100,000 says no human being can REFUTE me

    Niqab should be IMMEDIATELY outlawed everywhere in Europe and USA not only because it has nothing to do with the CULT of Muhammad but most important of all it is a SECURITY risk for ALL

    Any challengers?

    IQ al Rassooli
    Kafir & Proud!

    • Tradiguy says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 2:22 pm

      Not from me! With you 100%

    • Kay says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 3:06 pm

      I’m all for outlawing niqab. I find them scary– no telling what’s hidden beneath.

      As for women’s rights regarding wearing of various veils, R Spencer has spoken truthfully about it several times including citing incidents of real crimes against women. Those who parrot the line about women’s rights to wear veils are either ignorant or lying.

    • Darryl Kerney says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 4:33 pm

      In the twisted “logic” of islam it appears that many things are hard to nail down, perhaps by design, but some indeed do find “proof” for the veil in islamic “holy” texts, and i would suggest that maybe it’s more important that so many believe the veil is mandated, and therefore enforce it, than whether or not there is a clear commandment for it’s compulsory use.

      Here is some of the twisted “logic” I referred to,

      https://islamqa.info/en/11774

      • IQ al Rassooli says

        Jan 7, 2017 at 4:43 pm

        Hi Darryl

        As USUAL, the Muslim who wrote your linked article is DECEIVING the Arabic ignorant reader because the word VEIL in Arabic HIJAB does NOT appear in the verse An Nur 24:31

        The Arabic word used is Bi Khumoorihinna

        My challenge still stands for anyone who can prove me wrong

        Muslims ALWAYS deceive (Taqiyyah) Infidels/ Kuffar/ None Muslims as mandated by Muhammad’s Quran

        There is not a single decent operative verse in Muhammad’s Quran vis vis Kuffar

        Iq al Rassooli
        Kafir & Proud!

        • Darryl Kerney says

          Jan 7, 2017 at 4:55 pm

          it seems the quran was written in such a way, with enough vagueness, that trying to prove much of it is a fools errand, and by design must be left to the “experts” to interpret and enforce upon the commoners, making it what many of us see it as, a system to control the otherwise unruly masses “for their own good”.

    • rod says

      Jan 8, 2017 at 12:49 am

      Of course if you want a really authoritative opinion about Islam, who would you consult but a Kafir. And where would you post it but in a place which no knowledgable Islamic spokesman would ever look at. Your dollars are quite safe, Kafir. But I do have to wonder, why do you bother?

      • IQ al Rassooli says

        Jan 8, 2017 at 4:59 am

        Hi Rod

        I BOTHER because I have been trying to enlighten Quran ignorant peoples for the last 20 years at least

        I bother because if peoples are NOT educated regarding the greatest THREAT to humanity called MUSLIMS, then the Muslims will dominate the Earth

        With the internet, TV and mobiles millions are now WAKING UP to the Islamic NIGHTMARE and will start defending themselves

        Almost everyone at JW knows MORE about Islam & Muslims than ALL the Politically Correct CRIMINAL elites that are at the moment ruling us

        Always remember that the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of Muslims are called:
        KNOWLEDGE! KNOWLEDGE! KNOWLEDGE! & KNOWLEDGE!

        IQ al Rassooli
        Kafir & Proud!

        • rod says

          Jan 8, 2017 at 8:05 am

          Well, Kafir,it’s time you stopped preaching to the converted. Isn’t this a bit beneath an expert like you? As I said, why do you bother? If you’re so knowledgable, why don’t you persuade people who do know something about Islam that you know much more than any of them?

        • IQ al Rassooli says

          Jan 8, 2017 at 8:20 am

          rod

          Introduce me to Hannity or any Prime Time TV station and in LESS than 15 minutes I shall Discredit Muhammad as a prophet and the alleged divine origin of his Quran based entirely on the Quran

          After which, Islam will be a LAUGHING stock!

          Do you have better ideas?

          IQ al Rassooli
          Kafir & Proud!

        • rod says

          Jan 8, 2017 at 9:36 pm

          Do I have better ideas, Kafir? Well, yes I do. But I don’t think you’re quite ready for them.

      • carol says

        Jan 9, 2017 at 1:26 am

        So where’s your refutation Rod? Most supposedly non-lying Islamic “experts” seem to be on Youtube “dishing it out” at great length, but then when it comes to “taking it” they block good respondents and fade into the woodwork.

        This creepy garb is “virtue-signalling” and “anti-integrative signalling” as well. Moslims wouldn’t want to be ordinary now, would they? How many jobs will these women refuse to do for fear their “sheets” will get tangled in the machinery etc. How will such people be supported? By the social safety nets of the Kufar?

    • beaubear says

      Jan 8, 2017 at 12:00 pm

      agree and even Catholic nuns were happy to drop the habits I, I think they’re called? but even then
      their faces weren’t covered, it’s shocking all kids in ME nations aren’t terrified of their mothers, that look
      scares a lot of people but if i saw that, in an airport, I’d be concerned. is that profiling? sorry , but it’s how I feel

  2. somehistory says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    Just how does the fool (a.k.a. liar) explain his claim that a head covering is a *liberation*? Covering the hair, the neck, even part of the face is *liberating*?

    It’s amazing how ignorant his kind are to believe that others would think binding up the head and neck in tight cloth is a *liberation* thing.

    • Kay says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 3:09 pm

      The Mohammedens change the meaning of so many words, starting with “religion”.

  3. davej says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 2:28 pm

    I have no problem with a “headscarf” that coves just the hair but leaves the full face open. I have a huge problem with the niqab or anything else that covers the facial features. That version is symbolic of the anonymous infiltration of Islam, it is a security risk, it is degrading and downright creepy.

    Which one are they referring to?

    • eur says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 3:56 pm

      You do not have problem with headscafe .. but Muslims have a problem with women not wearing it

      • Manuel Paleologus says

        Jan 7, 2017 at 6:37 pm

        Then they should go back to the place from where they came here to islamize us.

    • terry says

      Jan 8, 2017 at 3:03 pm

      Dave, I agree. Orthodox ( religious) Jewish women also wear either wigs or head scarves or hats. But, their face is not covered. (I am not talking about not covered-when, for example, going outside in bitter cold, covering their face-until they get indoors- to keep some body warmth in–not a problem. When I lived up north, saw that on occasion. But nothing like these Muslim women in garbage bags and only their eyes basically, showing).

  4. Susette says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 2:44 pm

    WTF does Ibrahim Olgun, head of the IGGIO, mean when he says “wearing headscarves was a form of liberation for women and a symbol that fought against societal “patriarchal prejudices”. My understanding of this inane statement is that the headscarf liberated moslem women because the “patriarchal prejudices” would not allow them in public without covering up. So by wearing a headscarf, they can go out in public? Isn’t that just another “patriarchal prejudice”? Why do moslem men deny women their unique identity, individuality, and freedom of expression? My only answer is that moslem men very, very afraid of female beauty, intelligence, and sexuality. Indeed, moslem men are the weaker sex! If they removed their “patriarchal prejudices” and “allowed” females to be truly liberated, islam would cease to exist.

    • davej says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 3:16 pm

      More likely they are afraid of other Muslim men, knowing better than any the depravity within that is officially sanctioned by the Quran. In that view it is simply a matter of protection of their possessions from being despoiled by their fellow coreligionists.

      Extreme veiling then is a mark of “ownership”.

  5. JawsV says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 3:07 pm

    Islam’s not a religion, Muna. It’s a mass-murder political ideology disguised as a religion.

    • Johan elzinga says

      Jan 8, 2017 at 4:23 am

      Absolutely right, JawsV. But it would have been better to ban all religious symbols worn by public servants. A secular state should keep its hands clean. On the other hand, we bitterly need the help of Christians to push out the hateful political ideology called Islam.

      • terry says

        Jan 8, 2017 at 3:07 pm

        Johan–by ” all religious symbols worn by public servants” are you including Catholics and others who believe n Christ from wearing a cross or crucifix? Jews who might wear a “CHAI” (means life-Hebrew) or a Star of David or similar?

        If so, that is beyond rational, in my view. The items I mentioned are (almost always) small, and are not threatening. Full head and face covering, to me, is.

  6. Salome says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 3:47 pm

    A cross in a classroom, or hung around a neck, does not obscure the face and make identification difficult and social interaction nearly impossible. Same for a Star of David or any other religious symbol.

    • eur says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 3:58 pm

      The headscafe marks the woman, it is a continuous signal, a message to the rest of society … eyyy I am Muslim, I practice Islam, I am pure .. you are not Muslim, you are a whore.

      • Kay says

        Jan 7, 2017 at 4:03 pm

        “pure”?
        Rather, “owned”, “subjected”. It’s a symbol that someone has power, someone else.

        • Scott says

          Jan 8, 2017 at 1:22 am

          It is actually both unfortunately

      • terry says

        Jan 8, 2017 at 3:11 pm

        To Eur–in that case, why the hell don’t all of the Muslims go back to Iran, Pakistan, Syria; Algeria; Tunisia and Morocco, to start with-and, also the Gulf states. there, they can wear all the headscarves and full face coverings and garbage bags that they want. And you should go with them.

        Since I live in the US- take those form here, first.

    • Kay says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 4:13 pm

      Repeatedly in left-leaning or even well-meaning inclusive publications and photos, I see girls and women in hijab.
      Do they have any other symbol besides marking their females? Is everything else overtly violent– machetes, black flags . . .

      It made sense to include various skin tones in inclusive photos, and even different ages or symbols of disability such as a wheelchair. But she headscarf is different: they don’t show people wearing Stars of David or crucifixes. It has become a weird kind of preferential treatment where only one “religion” gets normalized.

      • Kay says

        Jan 7, 2017 at 4:14 pm

        “the headscarf “

  7. PRCS says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    Taking IQ’s statement (above) one step further:

    To the best of my knowledge, there is no Islamic requirement/mandate to wear ANY head cover (basic hijab, chador, niqab, burqa, etc.).

    It’s a CHOICE, the knowledge of which both private and public administrators should arm themselves with–BEFORE conducting employment interviews with Muslim women.

    http://arabsinamerica.unc.edu/identity/veiling/hijab/

    How should the ongoing encroachment of Islam (the ideology and Allah’s slaves) into dar al harb be challenged?

    By calling BS when it is.

    • IQ al Rassooli says

      Jan 7, 2017 at 4:33 pm

      Dear PRCS

      You are perfectly CORRECT but in my article I wanted especially to ERADICATE NIQAB from the face of our democracies

      To prove how correct you and I are, I offer $100,000 challenge to the first person who can show us a single verse in Muhammad’s Quran using the word HIJAB as a covering of a woman in any way shape or form

      Ant challengers?

      IQ al Rassooli
      Kafir & Proud!
      http://www.alrassooli.com

  8. DFD says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 5:28 pm

    As I said here, (Link below) the public is kept busy with irrelevancies and meaningless discussions. Particularly with elections coming up. Yeah, burkini, hijab etc., why not discussing their fingernails or their socks?

    The issue is Islam and its followers! The issue is the quran, hadith and sharia! The problem is the resultant attitude of the people who submit to that and practice it, or at least condone it.

    Such ‘discussions’ and ‘debates’ are sand into your eyes!
    ===========================================

    Link: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/germany-muslim-migrants-who-witness-right-wing-hate-crimes-to-be-immune-from-deportation/comment-page-1#comment-1589231

  9. Angemon says

    Jan 7, 2017 at 7:48 pm

    Mr Kurz, from the Christian Conservative People’s Party (OVP), added that Austria “is religion-friendly, but also a secular state” – yet claimed it was acceptable to have Christian crosses in classrooms across the country.

    He said: “Crosses in the classrooms wouldn’t be questioned. Crosses in the classrooms are part of historically grown culture in Austria.”

    And he’s absolutely right.

    • mach37 says

      Jan 8, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      Voluntarily choosing to hide one’s head in public is a mental illness, assuming bad weather is not a factor. Forcing others to hide their heads in public is coercion and mental cruelty. Hiding one’s face in public can be taken as a sign of criminal intent, or as Muhammad would say it, “mischief.”

  10. Havoc says

    Jan 8, 2017 at 12:32 am

    Wrong. Do not ban the niqab. Ban Islam.
    .
    No Muslims. No Mosques.
    .
    It works.

    • mach37 says

      Jan 8, 2017 at 4:46 pm

      Ban BOTH the niqab and Islam.

  11. solange silverman says

    Jan 8, 2017 at 8:02 pm

    This should make it easier. Islam is not a religion.

  12. Mary Houghton says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 7:28 am

    If you want a simple and brilliant explanation of Islam, you need to check out Bill Warner, PhD titled Hijra, Islamic Migration on YT. It is just amazing.

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