Posted on 04/27/2017 12:38:35 PM PDT by Fitzy_888
In what should be a new low for women rights in Europe, Austria’s leftist President Alexander van der Bellen has called on “every woman to wear headscarf” in order to fight growing “Islamophobia,” Austrian media reported today. Going by the Austrian media coverage, the otherwise perpetually-offended feminist groups in Austria and Europe have failed to respond to this outrage.
“[I]f it goes on like this, with the rampant Islamophobia, a day will come when we will have to ask every woman to wear a headscarf,” President Van der Bellen, Austria’s recently elected Head of the State could be seen saying in a video clip addressing young students.
Austria’s centre-right government has been mulling new legislations aimed at banning the burqa — Islamic full body garb — from public places. The government is also considering a ban on headscarf for civil servants with executive powers, state attorneys and judges. Austria’s president is infuriated at these developments, which he sees as “Islamophobic”.
As far as liberal European leaders like Van der Bellen are considered: It’s better for every women in the country to be stifled beneath a hijab than to question the rising Islamist tendencies in Europe that want to push women out of public life, and reduce them to second class members of the society.
The video footage of the president’s remarks that were made few weeks ago had only surfaced in the Austrian media on Tuesday. The Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported today:
[Austrian] President Alexander Van der Bellen will soon be completing 100 days in office. To mark this ‘jubilee’ [Austrian broadcaster] ORF aired a report on Tuesday looking back at his tenure so far. In the course of the coverage a talk was broadcaster that took place in the ‘House of European Union’ – that clip is now causing uproar in the social media. [In that clip] President could be heard telling students that the day will come when we would have to tell all women to wear headscarf “out of solidarity”.”It is the right of a women — do men wear headscarf? — to wear whatever they please. That’s what it think about it. And not just Muslim women. Every woman can wear a headscarf. And if it goes on like this, with rampant Islamophobia, a day will come when we will have to ask every women to wear a headscarf. Everyone, in solidarity with those, who do it for religious reasons,” explained the Austrian Head of the State. [Author’s translation]
Austrian daily Kurier, while regretting the President’s formulation, came to his defense saying, “No, he didn’t mean to say that.”
Van der Bellen, son of Russian immigrant parents who fled Stalinist purges, has been a lifelong Social Democrat, but switched over to Austria’s Green Party in the 90s and soon became its leader. As professor of economics at the University of Austria, Van der Bellen came under attack during the presidential campaign for his track record as an advocate of unilateral disarmament of the West during the Cold War, with his opponent, the Nationalist candidate Norbert Hofer, accusing him of aiding Soviet Union and even espionage.
Van der Bellen was the EU-establishment candidate in December’s presidential election. Despite active support from the EU leadership and mainstream media, Van der Bellen only narrowly won the election by a margin of less than 1 percent against the anti-EU candidate Norbert Hofer.
While feminists were out protesting Ivanka Trump at the Women’s Summit in Berlin this week, they couldn’t be bothered to defend their eroding freedoms at the hands of regressive Islamism rising around them — a phenomenon aided by clueless politicians running Europe.
"European feminists out protesting Ivanka Trump in Berlin couldn’t be bothered to react"
What are the brave Austrian men going to do to fight islamophobia? Give up beer?
[ Austrian President Tells “Every Woman” to Wear Hijab to Fight “Islamophobia” ]
Ah. Makes perfect sense. Brilliant.
With the C4 vest just to make the outfit more stunning.
Morons. They’re everywhere.
Let’s parachute her into to ISIS. Let her hang out with them before the next MOAB. Give her a couple of months or more to hang out with the boys.
This is surrendering to an alien. Best eliminate the alien.
My great-great-grandma would say, “A day will come when we will have to ask the Austrian president to wear the horsewhip.”
Why don’t you wear a head scarf Alexander?
How do you say jackass in Austrian? I guess I should ask Obama. heh
How about we reach a compromise; women can wipe their bottoms with hijabs after they use the bathroom.
Oops, it’s a “he”.
Oh well, let’s still parachute HIM into ISIS. The sooner the better.
What in hell will Austrians have to go for homophobia? I don’t wanna ask.
Shouldn’t it read .... Austria’s leftist President Alexander van der Bellen has called on all women to wear head scarves to promote Islam?
History shows, good things always come out of Austria when Europe is in some crisis....
Well, maybe not “good things”......
No hope for Austria, they are getting typecast for clothing fashions. Recall an Austrian that ended up as Chancellor in Germany ended up having Jews wear yellow stars on their clothing. /s
Oh just wait til fem limbs have to wear the hijab....or worse
I wonder if this lunacy is causing some of the Austrian voters in the runoff election to have second thoughts? I know, it takes a lot to swing some of those Euro voters to a more sane policy concerning immigration.
Babushkas everywhere!
"Ask"? What is this "ask" nonsense? The Imam has spoken, there is no "ask". Next thing you know the shameless hussies are going to want to read and drive all by themselves...
Looks to me like he misses the Yellow “Jude” Star.
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