Leftist “feminists” have a bad identity problem. They don’t care about the women who are most oppressed, abused and subjugated by men under the strictures of Sharia, or about those Western women who have been abused by Muslim migrant men because they were uncovered infidels. But now a big question arises: how is it that the “first feminist government” of Sweden didn’t mind relinquishing their right to simply choose how to dress when they visited Iran? They capitulated to Sharia, knowing full well that they had no choice but to surrender in Iran or else face whatever consequences may have come. Clearly they had no intention of finding out what those consequences may have been.
In doing so, Sweden’s female leaders ignored the recent appeal by Iranian women’s right activist Masih Alinejad who urged Europeans female politicians “to stand for their own dignity” and to refuse to kowtow to the compulsory Hijab while visiting Iran.
With their “walk of shame,” Sweden’s female leaders have not only betrayed all women who fight for equality globally, but they have also fully exposed how confused they are: they are so-called feminists who – for example — furiously insist on control over their own bodies to choose abortion, but they are willing to fully submit to male dominance at the demand of Muslim men to dictate their clothing. And they did so in front of a global audience to boot.
Meanwhile, another diehard leftist feminist, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who once said that refugee resettlement has “been a remarkable success story,” also ended up sheepishly donning the hijab. Wynne is so radically feminist that the National Post once had to ask her whether she had a gender problem. Wynne was also forced to sit in the back corner of a mosque while the men prayed.
“Walk of shame: Sweden’s “first feminist government” don hijabs in Iran”, UN Watch, February 13, 2017:
GENEVA, Feb. 13, 2017 — In a statement that has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook, UN Watch, a non-governmental human rights NGO in Geneva, expressed disappointment that Sweden’s self-declared “first feminist government in the world” sacrificed its principles and betrayed the rights of Iranian women as Trade Minister Ann Linde and other female members walked before Iranian President Rouhani on Saturday wearing Hijabs, Chadors, and long coats, in deference to Iran’s oppressive and unjust modesty laws which make the Hijab compulsory — despite Stockholm’s promise to promote “a gender equality perspective” internationally, and to adopt a “feminist foreign policy” in which “equality between women and men is a fundamental aim.”
In doing so, Sweden’s female leaders ignored the recent appeal by Iranian women’s right activist Masih Alinejad who urged Europeans female politicians “to stand for their own dignity” and to refuse to kowtow to the compulsory Hijab while visiting Iran.
Alinrejad created a Facebook page for Iranian women to resist the law and show their hair as an act of resistance, which now numbers 1 million followers.
“European female politicians are hypocrites,” says Alinejad. “They stand with French Muslim women and condemn the burkini ban—because they think compulsion is bad—but when it happens to Iran, they just care about money.”
The scene in Tehran on Saturday was also a sharp contrast to Deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lövin’s feminist stance against U.S. President Donald Trump, in a viral tweet and then in a Guardian op-ed last week, in which she wrote that “the world need strong leadership for women’s rights.”
Trade Minister Linde, who signed multiple agreements with Iranian ministers while wearing a veil, “sees no conflict” between her government’s human rights policy and signing trade deals with an oppressive dictatorship that tortures prisoners, persecutes gays, and is a leading executioner of minors.
“If Sweden really cares about human rights, they should not be empowering a regime that brutalizes its own citizens while carrying out genocide in Syria; and if they care about women’s rights, then the female ministers never should have gone to misogynistic Iran in the first place,” said UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer.
The government has now come under sharp criticism from centrist and left-wing Swedish lawmakers, who said the ministers should not have deferred to “gender apartheid”…..

David Scoltock says
The feminist movement is a mess.
They won, the west have equal rights and over the last 30 years our cultural attitudes have changed for the better.
However the hardcore activists are so obsessed with fighting they are now looking for anything to fight for.
C T says
Oh, they could fight for equal rights in other countries.
They 1) cowards, 2) more motivated by politics than by actual respect for human rights, or 3) both.
Oliver says
However, what they SHOULD be fighting for- equal rights for women in Muslim countries, and even in western countries that have large Muslim populations.
But, being feminazis and hard core leftists- that is NOT their fight.
Screw those poor women.
However, heaven help an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, where the genders ( during services) are seated apart.
OK in mosques, because Muslims are discriminated against. Not OK in synagogues. Because the evil Jews are – well, evil. (Lefty logic)
gravenimage says
There’s plenty for feminists to fight for in Iran–women there are forced into the Chador, and women are stoned to death. These “feminists” are not fighting for women’s rights.
vivienne Havalant-levijonhufvud says
Sweden cares nothing for Human Rights precisely why Swedish women are subjected to a rape epidemic. These stupid vacuous females shouldn’t be in politics.
LR says
Vivienne,
I certainly agree…These women are pathetic…Esp. considering the call out to them to NOT don the hijab.
efoc says
Of course they were wearing hijabs – after all, they were visiting from the Islamic Republic of Sweden.
LR says
efoc,
Haha!….These women better get a grip and get some courage soon…
WCM says
Dhimmis (translation: “Useful idiots who have ‘submitted” to Satan”). Nothing else to say.
ermom says
Shame on them.
As a woman who’s been studying Islam since the Boston Bombings, I find the hijab (or any of the types of ‘cover’ clothing) to be as offensive as a KKK hood would be to a black or Jew, or a Nazi swastika would be to a Jew, disabled person, or ANY decent human. The hijab is the POLITICAL SYMBOL of the codified oppression of women in Islam.
A woman wearing a hijab is telling us one of 2 things:
1. She’s terrified of being killed or beaten by her family if she refuses, as has been documented here, many times, and YES, it’s happened here in the USA. or,
2. She’s saying she agrees with being a 2nd class person under Islam and submits to it, BUT YOU KAFIR, ARE A 3RD CLASS PERSON and will one day live under a global caliphate, under Sharia, and THEN there will be peace.
I REFUSE TO SUBMIT, yet thanks to Obama’s EEOC, Sharia is creeping in our nation. Even judges have refused to protect women asking for protection orders, when the Muslim husband refers to Islam. While I feel sorry for Muslims for Islam is a POLITICAL TOTALITARIAN IDEOLOGY, it is the photo-negative of Christianity, and we do NOT worship the same God. We’ve got to get a ‘NO FOREIGN LAW’ passed by Congress and signed by President Trump. Urge your Congressfolk to work on this.
Dan D says
Concise and very well put…
There is no such thing as a honest Liberal Agenda; simply to tear down Morals and rules then give away you “New Found” freedom to one of the most evil and cruel ideologies that exist!
gravenimage says
Good post.
Kay says
Is a Congressman already sponsoring a
“no foreign law” bill?
Tanja says
I totally agree! Well said.
Oliver says
Years ago, decades ago, I lived in a rural area of Tennessee. The KKK was there- with a chapter or two.
On Sundays, they-in their sheets- would be on the streets of ” downtown (it was-my memory is not that great- either 2 or possibly 3 square blocks-with, if I remember correctly- a”skyscraper” of FOUR STORIES. (I was born in NYC, incidentally, so knew about tall buildings).
THEY WERE POLITE TO EVERYONE, WHITE AND BLACK.
There were (in the little over a year I lived there, NEVER any racial or religious violence or crimes. An old family friend from NY lived there, and he told me that there had not been any racial problems since the mid 1950’s or before.
The KKK there was more of a social group- getting together for a poker game or a barbecue, etc.
So, my experience with the KKK- less violent then Muslims.
Richard Paulsen says
Yesterday Sweden was famous worldwide for so called free sex. Now it is famous World wide for submitting to íslam.
http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4343
Mockingjay says
There is still plenty of “free” sex to be had in Sweden. Just ask the male muslim migrants there.
Richard Paulsen says
That is right.
gravenimage says
*Ouch! All too true.
Angemon says
I blame the intersectional totem pole. Sure, they may be “feminists” but they’re white feminists from an European nation. Iranians, men or otherwise, aren’t, so they are higher above on the intersectional pecking order, because everyone knows that European White people are nothing but filthy imperialist colonialists that are going around oppressing everyone else and therefore Iran gets a free-pass on something that, were it practised by a Western European government, would have “feminists” livid with an apoplectic stroke.
Oliver says
I don’t remember-high school and college too many years ago.
Did Sweden ( and Norway) even have foreign colonies and empires?
gravenimage says
Nope–they didn’t. But they are still infused with a vague sense of having “oppressed” non-Europeans.
Meanwhile, Muslims have a hideous history of conquest, colonization, slavery, and horrifying violence, but have no shame over this at all.
maghan says
Even today, there is no Muslim SHAME over the horrific crimes committed by ISIS. Just name the crime and ISIS committed it. All with the blessings of Muhammad and Allah,
Ted says
What were Vikings? Ted
gravenimage says
Well, this is true. But few Scandinavians today consider themselves to be Vikings.
SteveFinSC says
Well actually, yes, but not in the normal sense. Remember, the Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes were the Vikings. As such they invaded and colonized what today are Iceland and Greenland. They also invaded and colonized northeastern England. Additionally, Vikings were basically bought off with land by the Franks and ended up settling in a large colony in Normandy, in what today is western France. (Normandy is a reference to North Man or Norse Man) In turn, William of Normandy invaded England in 1066 to take over the entire country. We remember him as William the Conqueror. There was even a Norman Kingdom of Sicily as the Viking colony colonized another place.
somehistory says
Bwaak, bwaak, bwaak.
Real chickens have more courage. They will brave a deadly hawk to protect their children. They cover their children with their wings when the hawk flies down to snatch a prey.
These women are just loudmouth cowards.
ensitue says
and have no children of their own…….This is truly a verification of the r~vs~K theory
gravenimage says
How does that theory apply to those who do not have children?
Phil Copson says
“Loud-mouthed cowards”…….the exact words I was going to use.
Their whole posture is one of gutless submission, they are the pathetic surrendered wives of Western Europe, at home they’ll be shrieking with non-stop synthetic rage against civilised white men who mean them no harm, but when faced with a genuine tyrant they just dissolve: “You can do whatever you want to me – we don’t mind as long as we get our house-keeping money…..”
ensitue says
No worries, after all they have the Swedish military to protect them!
Angemon says
Oh, and I’m just going to leave this here…
http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/women-protesting-hijab-1979/
billybob says
That was very interesting. Should be circulated widely.
gravenimage says
Many of those women are still alive, and see the free West accepting and even kowtowing to these evils. *Ugh*.
Kay says
Thanks for that. With so many protesting, I imagine they believed they would overcome.
It’s so sad what has happened to Iran. And that the Swedes merely accepted the demand (request?) is despicable. I’d love it if that contigent saw these photos and news from ’79.
WTF is wrong with people says
How dare they. The abuse and terror women in these 3rd world countries face every day of their life. And these disgusting people put on that disgraceful hijab. These aren’t feminists, they are cowards. How dare they condone rapes, acid attacks, child marriage, fgm, honor killings, stonings, and pedophilia. How do they sleep at night? I guess I can’t even say it is 3rd world countries anymore. How did we end up going back in time? Oh, that’s right our leaders thought it was a good idea to let in a bunch of uncivilized idiots along with their disgusting unholy book.
Atheist Kaffur says
Sweden WAKE UP NOW!
Shmooviyet says
These women are sickening FAKES.
They can tear the damned thing off as soon as they tire of it or it gets too hot or uncomfortable; whatever reason. Back in the hotel, off it comes.
There is NO FEAR of shame –or punishment– for them.
Richard Paulsen says
Donning veil is law in Iran, swedish PM and Trade minister defending the swedish delegation to Iran.
The Trade minister on TV claiming unemployment in Sweden is the lowest in Europe and especially youth unemployment and that the economy is the best in 13 years.
It is also being said that the visit saved a few jobs.
Imagine muslims following customs in not muslim Nations.
gravenimage says
Why would a visit to Iran save jobs in Sweden? Sweden should not be dealing with these thugs at all.
Mockingjay says
EYES ON TE FLOOR, you bunch of pathetic excuses for free Western women.
– Just look at them.
They look like tense schoolgirls being called into the principals’ office for some offence.
“Yes sir…no sir…yes what we have done is very bad sir…”
– Their body language says it all – and the body language of the one man in the pic is even MORE uncomfortable than that of the women standing next to him.
– These is the same group of women who took a picture recently with such THOROUGHLY arrogant, proud expressions – to berate president Trump on his abortion policies.
“WE decide what we can or cannot do with our bodies”…
– OH REALLY?
– YOU CAN’T EVEN DECIDE TO SHOW SOME BLOODY DIGNITY WHEN IT COUNTS MOST!
– But to them, all this is is “showing cultural sensitivity”, you know.
– Their bodily expressions however, tell a whole different tale.
The human body never lies.
Phil Copson says
Not sure about “THOROUGHLY arrogant, proud….” – the main impression that I took from looking at that “all-woman” photo was of how thoroughly DIM they all looked: I found it very hard to believe that the sorry collection on offer was really the government of any country at all.
Do you have to be thick in the first place to be a Lefty, or does taking it up have a numbing effect on the faculties ? Possibly it’s a 50:50 arrangement ?
Greg says
Well said.These women are a disgrace on so many levels. Just a quick comment on their words about abortion “Its our bodies” Actually that is completely wrong. The unborn often has a different blood type and is a completely different body that happen to be connected for some time. We were all there at one time, to say that our body is our mothers body is just not true.
Funny how when France wants to enforce its standards they are all the worst names you can think off but these stupid women submit to a covering they don’t even believe in.
Eur says
OMG This image is very strong and perfectly sums up what is happening in Europe. Total submission to Islam for being condescending to the barbarians.
davej says
“and feel themselves subdued”
Voluntary Dhimmitude – the weak minded cowards.
Ronen says
This walk of shame suits them perfectly, for this is the ugly (and veiled) face of post-modern ‘feminism’.
John A. Marre says
This means Sweden is being turned over to the Muslims. Handed over, free. The blond haired women are being delivered to the invading hordes of savages for their sexual gratification.
RichardL says
I love it. A few of them will feel like shit and will come over to the right side. The others have given away their dignity for nothing! Tough to live with, I guess.
Dominic says
Submitted fools
DFD says
For a full Photo tour go to, it’s worth it: https://www.pi-news.net/2017/02/iran-schwedische-feministenregierung-auf-dem-islamischen-walk-of-shame/#more-554754
The article is in German, but those pictures…. There’s is also one were they are supposed to make fun of Trump, falls flat. And one of Iranian women protesting against the law to wear Muslim dress, 1979
Richard Paulsen says
Ann Linde, the Swedish Trade minister, tweeting she is proud of her delegation.
12 out of 15 being women.
Martin says
This is the same group that just recently posted a smug twitter retort aimed at Trump because he was photographed at a signing in the White House surrounded by an all male staff. A photograph that doesn’t include women makes Trump the Swedish feminist anti-Christ, but Iran’s misogyny is met with tolerance. That’s the left for you.
Sam says
A cultural defeat of a nation to an evil ideology Islam right in front of our eyes in the 21st century. This is like a science fiction movie where good people are being poisoned by evil aliens to submit to their evil ALLAH.
But it is not fiction. Who would ever imagine…….? It is so sad and at the same time so repulsive.
somehistory says
There is a news report of a young mother and child (Arlington, MA) sent to the hospital after a large tree in their yard fell under the heavy weight of snow. The woman was playing with her little two year old child when the tree began to fall. She quickly put her body between the tree and her baby.
She was said to have told those rescuing her to *take her baby* before they got her out, and both came out alive, but she sustained injuries. Her husband said he was so proud of her.
That is what *real women* do…they are brave and protect their children from harm.
Those in the photo are an insult to women.
gravenimage says
Spot on, somehistory!
LR says
Wow…I am so glad they both made it! Here, the trees just kill ya’.
Oliver says
Trade Minister Linde, who signed multiple agreements with Iranian ministers while wearing a veil, “sees no conflict” between her government’s human rights policy and signing trade deals with an oppressive dictatorship that tortures prisoners, persecutes gays, and is a leading executioner of minors.
Hypocrite, lying bitch–probably takes or took lessons form Hillary Clinton.
(And bribes beside my guess)
gravenimage says
One can never remain clean playing footsie with savages.
Ted says
Our Premier in Ontario is gay and visited a Mosque this week and they showed her cowering in a corner at the back with her head covered.I read the men who were stretched out on the floor praying believe if a women was in front of them,the prayer was not valid.What a bunch of nonsense and the Premier cowtowed to them.
gravenimage says
And the Imam gave a Kutbah where he castigated gays for their ‘sinfulness’–and Wynne said nothing. Just disgraceful.
Oliver says
Looking at the picture of them in a line–I THINK IT SI GOOD THAT THEY ARE WEARING LONG CLOTHING.
They are ( now this is my view) so ugly-at least they look ugly in the picture- that even a super horny goat would be reluctant to have sex with them-should they have been wearing short dresses or skirts, or heaven forbid, revealing clothes.
They ar ejsut-my view-ugly.
gravenimage says
Women should not only be allowed to wear civilized clothing if you are personally attracted to them. Where did you get that idea?
Oliver says
Not my intent. Women should be free to wear whatever they want. (However) I would find these women not attractive if they were wearing miniskirts or skin tight jeans.
But, these people wearing these- to conform to Iranian laws- that demean ALL PEOPLE – that is probably even worse.
gravenimage says
True, Oliver.
Oliver says
note line 1 I THINK IT IS –sorry for the typo
Oliver says
If the Swedish Foreign Minister was there, or is asked, she will say that it is all Israel’s fault that Iran throws gays off buildings or hangs them, practices genocide against Christians, and is a brutal theocratic dictatorship.
After all, it was Israel’s fault that the terrorists ( who swore allegiance to ISIS) DID THE pARIS MASSACRES.
David says
Note the downcast eyes.
LR says
Yes, noticed that right away…
Richard Paulsen says
There is no need of a crystal ball realizing Sweden will become the first islamic state
in Europe.
Some predicting there will be some 70% muslims in Sweden circa 2050. Just take a tour in most towns.
gravenimage says
Sweden’s “first feminist government” dons hijabs in Iran
………………….
*Ugh*. Compare this to Oriana Fallaci, who threw her Chador in the Ayatollah’s face.
Kay says
Do you have a link to her story? I will be meeting with more of my “progressive” friends soon and that may just be the thing to get them to start thinking.
gravenimage says
It’s here, Kay:
“An Interview With KHOMEINI”
http://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/07/archives/an-interview-with-khomeini.html
You can see that Oriana Fallaci’s tearing off her Chador was the least of it. She asks Khomeini pointed questions right from the beginning.
In retrospect, one might have wished that she knew as much about Islam as she would later in her life–but how many Westerners knew much of anything about Islam in 1979? It is clear that she recognized evil and tyranny when she saw it, which is more than you could say for many in the West even now.
RichardL says
thank you! Fascinating read. Incredible from today’s point of view…
She really let’s this filthy, uneducated, hateful old man prove that he is all of these things.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Richard. A very brave and principled woman.
You might also check out her books “The Rage and the Pride” and “The Force of Reason”–both important anti-Jihad books. The English translations are a bit clunky, but they are still *well* worth reading:
https://www.amazon.com/Rage-Pride-Oriana-Fallaci/dp/0847825043
https://www.amazon.com/Force-Reason-Oriana-Fallaci/dp/0847827534
If you look back through the Jihad Watch archives there are many good stories about her prior to her death in 2006–Robert Spencer and she were close friends in her later years. The Counter Jihad sadly lost an important voice then.
Kay says
Pathetic and downright shameful.
Why didn’t they stand instead with Alinejad and empower Iranian women?
Lor says
Here, here Kay!!!
Matthieu Baudin says
It’s a waste of time trying to look for consistency in values within Radical Feminism as much of the identity of the movement at any point in time is dictated by fashion, that is, fashionable ideas, including the deluded notion that Political Islam is a natural ally of progressive social movements. Perhaps the man on the left in the photograph could have started his own fashion by donning a head covering in solidarity with the ladies?
maghan says
The West fought much more vigorously against Communism than it is now doing against Islam. A possible reason is that Communism threatened the wealth holders in the West, so it marshaled all its ideological and physical powers to fight it.
With Islam there is much appeasement and effete bowing and groveling. Why? Because much of the world’s oil reserves are in Muslim dominated countries and the West depends on these culturally primitive and oppressive nations to buy their arms and goods. So criticism of savage Islam is a no, no.
It’s all about money it would seem. Lenin paraphrase: Those idiot capitalists would even sell you the rope that they know you will hang them with. Thus Sweden will accept all those Muslim rapes with a stupid grin just to sell tanks, jets and bombs–and to keep the oil supply safe.
LairdKintyre says
I think the real pro lemon with these Leftists is that they subscribe to the give a little get a little attitude with Islam. Not necessarily a bad philosophy when one is Deming with different though decent and forthright people. What they don’t realize is with Islam if you give a little they will never give you anything. And once you do give a little they will demand more until you are the one completely dominated and oppressed.
gravenimage says
True. Muslims just take compromise as a weakness to be exploited.
Owen Morgan says
What, on Earth, were those idiots thinking, to visit Iran in the first place? OK, there is no IKEA branch in Qom and the paranoid ayatollahs probably prefer armour-plated Mercedes limos to family-friendly Volvos. Which part of reality were they expecting to modify very slightly?
Richard Paulsen says
The Trade Minister being proud her delegation contained majority women. Being proud also that men in Young ages in majority in the country over women? First time in history and of course because of influx of muslim men.
The country now and its future belonging to muslim men.
Peter says
They look like they’re at a funeral in that photo. Not one person is smiling.
Irene Brekelmans says
Sweden, what are you doing, why are you giving in into all this nonsense? I don’t recognise you. Tell me, is it because you were neutral during second world war. Muslims were not involved in that war, neither did they offer safeness for Europeans ,millions of us, don’t feel bad but tell us why you do this, may be we can understand it.
Oliver says
The Muslims were not really neutral. They were Pro-Nazi.
As has been pointed out a number of times in JW, there were Muslim panzer divisions.
The Muslims also tried to help Rommel, but he got stuck in the sand (no joke) at El_Alemain- and that was what (helped- greatly) to defeat him. he was probably the best or definitely one of the best, of the Nazi generals.
LR says
…Mohammed Amin al-Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, met with Hitler in ’41.
Interesting bit on the Israel/Palestinian issue…along with WW2…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_al-Husseini
rosemary hopkin says
This makes me really livid. What are these women doing ??
Richard Paulsen says
Yes, it is hard to understand how anyone can defer to islam.
Oliver says
In today (Feb 15) Honest Reporting– Sweden wants a place at the Palestinian-Israel peace talks.
With their foreign minister being violently Anti-Israel.
abad says
“Feminists” who get uptight if a man looks at them – wearing hijabs, burkas and niqabs suit these “feminists” perfectly.
Yes Sir.
Lor says
They look ridiculous and uncomfortable in garb they do not normally wear. Pathetic really. And they ignorantly think that this is elevated diplomacy , while all the while the joke is on them and their mostly male Muslim hosts feel triumphant over the swappable West.
Lor says
Swayable.
Richard Courtemanche says
What have you done to your country, miserable morons! Treason is the sentence.