Asmaa Abdol-Hamid - Ambassador for Islam on the Danes’ dime
Lately there’s been a lot of debate in Denmark about the host of a new debate programme on TV which Asmaa Abdol-Hamid will be hosting together with Adam Holm. The most talked-about subject has been Asmaa’s hijab scarf. Here’s a picture of her:
Personally I don’t think it’s a problem. If that’s her choice - and she has indicated that it is - then let her keep it. People stick metal rods through their tongues and that’s not a problem either - though I daresay it would create a stir if a host on TV had one. But I do object to the views she represents and the fact that she can’t keep them to herself while acting as a host. This rather long post is going to be about that.
Who is Asmaa Abdol-Hamid?
Asmaa is a social worker in the town of Odense. She came to Denmark in 1988 when she was six. She and her family - six siblings and her mother and father - had fled first from Lebanon to the United Arab Emirates and then to Denmark.
Source: Article in Jyllands-Posten “Asmaa på hjemmebane”. March 16, 2005
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