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Islamic Council Norway hires woman in niqab as communications officer
TheLocal.no ^ | 28 March 2017 17:01 CEST+02:00

Posted on 03/28/2017 10:11:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Norwegian Muslim umbrella organization Islamic Council Norway has been criticized for hiring a woman who wears the full face-covering niqab as a communications officer.

Minister for Culture Linda Hofsted Helleland called the move “extremely ill-advised” and members of other parties have also voiced their concern about the appointment.

The appointment of 32-year-old Leyla Hasic as an administrative consultant by Islamic Council Norway (Islamsk Råd Norge, IRN) comes soon after the Ministry of Culture (Kulturdepartementet) granted almost half a million kroner ($58 million) to help the organization with initiatives aimed at improving dialogue between Muslim communities and the rest of society, reports news media Klassekampen.

But Minister for Culture Helleland wrote in a Facebook post that the appointment by the council would “create distance and less understanding”. …

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.no ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: islamiccouncil; niqab; norway; rop
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1 posted on 03/28/2017 10:11:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
They hired this woman:

Or was it one of these two?

Might be her:


2 posted on 03/28/2017 10:16:39 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Olog-hai

That dollar amount is way off btw... More like 50 grand


3 posted on 03/28/2017 10:20:01 AM PDT by Professional
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To: Olog-hai

Message sent to Norway: “Submit!”


4 posted on 03/28/2017 10:23:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

They just want to let Norwegian women to know what’s in their future.


5 posted on 03/28/2017 10:23:55 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

I say it is the perfect hire. She will be the face of the organization. Or the sheet of the organization.


6 posted on 03/28/2017 10:25:09 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: AppyPappy

I wish we had up arrows. Because that is how you get up arrows.


7 posted on 03/28/2017 10:26:39 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
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To: rjsimmon

She’s the hot one, silly!


8 posted on 03/28/2017 10:27:17 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: AppyPappy

now hold on a cotton picking minute.

Feminatzis are telling me taking my husband’s name is subservient, losing my identity.(I hate those hypenated names so stupid!)

And they support this as *diversity*

So nutz.


9 posted on 03/28/2017 10:28:46 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: rjsimmon

Norwegian society waits breathlessly for what she has to communicate ....

Where are the sons of Ragnar these days, anyway?
Their services may be required


10 posted on 03/28/2017 10:33:18 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Olog-hai

11 posted on 03/28/2017 10:36:32 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: rjsimmon

Might be her:
= = =

Did you ask for her/his/zit/zat ‘personal pronoun’ before typing ‘her’?

She IS in communications, you know.


12 posted on 03/28/2017 10:36:38 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: bigbob
She’s the hot one, silly!

I didn't want to presume. 'Beauty is in the eye' and such...

13 posted on 03/28/2017 10:37:36 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Olog-hai

Sort of hard to communicate with lip readers.


14 posted on 03/28/2017 10:38:18 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Scrambler Bob

They started it...


15 posted on 03/28/2017 10:39:44 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon

I may not be an expert in such things - but no way in hell does that qualify as a decent Darth Vader costume. She didn’t even TRY to make proper helmet, have some blinking lights, etc. And the sword- COME ON! Darth Vader used a light saber.


16 posted on 03/28/2017 10:40:25 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
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To: Olog-hai

Change the name from Scandinavian to Scandinutian.


17 posted on 03/28/2017 10:44:45 AM PDT by ZULU (DUMP THAT POS PAUL RYAN!! HE KILLED OBAMACARE REPEAL AND WILL KILL TAX REFORM!!)
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To: Made In The USA
How about these:






18 posted on 03/28/2017 10:46:55 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon
In the picture of the 2 in glasses, the third one behind them ....
19 posted on 03/28/2017 10:51:36 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: rjsimmon

Darth Vader mask on a female....that don’t even work.


20 posted on 03/28/2017 11:39:34 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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