In a victory for the Red-Green Party, Asmaa Abdol-Hamid won a bitter conflict over whether or not a Muslim woman may wear a headscarf in parliament. As long as a woman can be recognized by her colleagues, the parliament’s board of governors ruled that MP’s may dress as they wish. While a headscarf or similar…
Asmaa Abdol-Hamid is preparing herself for a new battle. If the campaign she recently announced is successful, she will be the first Muslim woman ever to enter the Folketing, the Danish parliament in Copenhagen. She is a 25-year-old social worker, student and town councilor and describes herself as a feminist, a democrat, and a socialist….
Twenty-five year-old Asmaa Abdol-Hamid announced her candidacy for the Danish parliament in Copenhagen, Folketing. Abdol-Hamid first became a national celebrity last year as a activist who fought in vain before the courts against the publication of the Muhammad cartoons. Turbulence surrounds her candidacy. The Right is outraged and the Left is skeptical about her place…
