Russia Today: As part of his party’s plan to introduce a bill banning full-face veils, Austrian politician Heinz-Christian Strache posted on a social network an image of a young blonde woman with the phrase “Too beautiful for a veil.”
The campaign was launched by the right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) leader and Member of Parliament Heinz-Christian Strache on his Facebook page. According to the politician, the poster is aimed “against the Islamization of Europe.”
Die Lizenzbestimmungen von Fotolia gelten anscheinend für die #FPÖund #Strache nicht pic.twitter.com/Vzqu8uhSNI
— FPÖ Watch (@fpoeticker) July 3, 2014
The image refers to the party’s recent call for a ban on wearing the Muslim burqa in public. Based on the judgement by the European Court of Human Rights, who didn’t oppose the legality of the French burqa ban of 2011, FPÖ plans to introduce the same bill into the Austrian parliament next week.
“In many conservative circles of Islamic immigration society there is a prevailing view that women are second-class citizens,” party spokeswoman Carmen Gartelgruber commented, adding that “one of the many tools of oppression is the burqa.”
A burqa is the full-body veil worn by women according to Islamic traditions, which covers even the eyes with a fine-mesh grid. Another type of veil – the niqab, leaves a slit for the eyes.
The full-body veils, especially burqas, aren’t something you’ll often see on the streets of Austria. Referring to the fact that it’s extremely rare, the planned ban has not been supported by other political forces in Austria.
Categories: Anti-Islam Campaign, Belief, Civil Rights, Europe and Australia
For Austrian Freedom Party:
Too beautiful for a Veil
Too easy for a vain
The woman of west
The first class citizen for rest
Have no choice but to say
Let others play with me and slay!