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 ...
THAT’S IT - I’m going over to the dark side of the force!
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