(Stockholm) Angry at how the European Union allowed private companies to
ban employees from wearing visible religious symbols. Islamic women used the
May Day marchers in which to take to the streets in several cities across
Sweden to call for Muslim women too have the right to work whilst wearing the hijab.
Hijab wearing women in the cities of Stockholm, Malmo,
Gothenburg, Vasteras, Sala and Umea, congregated on mass in which to chant
slogans such as "crush racism", "my hijab is not your business"
and "employment is our right". he decision to marsh and protest came after Belgian and French women filed lawsuits for being
dismissed from their jobs for wearing the hijab.
One of the organisers Maimuna Abdullahi, stated:
"Muslim women here [Gothenburg] don't usually go out to protests on May Day, so it's empowering to see so many people from different backgrounds fighting for labour rights,"
Organisers said they were stunned by the silence that
followed the EU court ruling - and this prompted them to put together the
event.
"There was no solid criticism against the ruling, especially here in Sweden, a country that is hailed for its human rights,"It never fails to amaze me how the very people who seek shelter in Non Islamic countries due to their very religion, go well out of their way in which to recreate the very conditions they ran away from.
