Posted on 05/02/2007 7:02:22 AM PDT by bedolido
A Malmö bus driver has been fired from his job following revelations that he stopped a woman from boarding his bus because she was wearing a niqab, a form of Islamic headdress that covers the face.
The bus company, Arriva, has elected not to extend the driver's contract, suggesting that this was not an isolated incident.
"What happened last week was the straw that broke the camel's back," spokesman Daniel Stjernfeldt told newspaper Punkt SE.
The incident occurred last Tuesday morning when 'Leonora' boarded the number 35 bus on her usual route between the Rosengård housing estate and the city's central station. According to Leonora, the driver stopped her from boarding, saying that her niqab made her hard to identify.
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So to speak...
Swedes should boycott the company.
The Swede’s are long gone.
- Don’t you think it’s possible to halt Muslim immigration to Sweden/Europe and provide different sorts of assistance to Muslims who wish to return to their countries of origin (like a lot of ‘disillusioned’ immigrants to Europe say they want to do)?
The bus driver was correct. The bus company was wrong. I hope he sues them and wins.
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