Category: Europe and Islam

Europe and Islam, Politics2 Comments

Changes

Women of Egypt

Article and photographs by: Bente Haarstad Published with author’s approval. Norway have changed a great deal the last years. The population has grown more than 10 percent in just a few years. Now we are 5.1 million people, 0.5 million more than in 2005. All this growth because of immigration, because Norwegians are like the rest of Western Europe, in decline. Immigrants now accounts for 15 percent of the population, in the capital Oslo, 31 percent, and for the third year in a row Muhammad is the most popular name for newborn boys. It used to be Per, or Ole. These photos … Continue reading Changes

Europe and Islam, Veil6 Comments

The Niqab and the Islamization of Europe

Women of Egypt

By: Alexandra Kinias European countries finally woke up from the bad dream that the Bedouin culture, represented in the niqab (face veil), is methodically growing within their societies. Parliament members met, laws were drafted and quick actions were taken to stop this growth, or at least to slow it down before the jinni escapes from inside the magic lamp and transforms the bad dream into an uncontrollable nightmare. Belgium was the first country that issued a ban on the niqab and France followed in its footsteps. Bills banning it are being prepared to be introduced in the parliaments of the … Continue reading The Niqab and the Islamization of Europe