Asmaa Abdol-Hamid
Asmaa Abdol - Hamid (Arabic أسماء عبد الحميد ) ( born November 22, 1981 in the United Arab Emirates ) is a Danish- Palestinian politician, social worker and known in Denmark Muslim.
Origin
Abdol - Hamid came with her family to Denmark in 1986. Her parents are Palestinian refugees. She is a trained social worker and then worked as a family counselor in the municipality of Roskilde.
Political commitment
By 2004, Abdol - Hamid was a member of the Social Democrats, but failed internally with her application for a city council candidate in Odense. In 2005 she moved to the left alternative Enhedslisten ( EL). After the local elections in 2005 she was first replacement candidate of their party for the local council. At that time, they got the first time media attention when she refused to give male colleagues hand. Instead, they wanted to salute in the heart with his hand.
In the spring of 2007, she ran in 7th place of the EL for the Folketing and announced that they wanted to wear the headscarf in the Danish Parliament. In the election in November 2007, however, the EL won only four seats. Since 2008, Abdol - Hamid has largely retired from active politics.
Prominent representative of Islam
Abdol - Hamid was the speaker of eleven Islamic organizations on 27 October 2005 on charges of blasphemy and racism indicated the daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten after it had published several cartoons of Mohammed. The criminal case was finally set on 6 January 2006. Only years later, she signaled a rethink in the cartoon controversy.
Abdol - Hamid was Denmark's first Muslim television presenter in a public channel, as they talk round the Adam og Asmaa initiated together with the atheistic colleagues Adam Holm from 29 March 2006 to DR2. The organization Kvinder for Frihed ( Women for Freedom) then collected 500 signatures against the fact that as a devout Muslim Abdol - Hamid was wearing a headscarf in the show. There was a scandal when the Danish- Arab politicians also Naser Khader turned down an invitation to the show after Abdol - Hamid said she would not shake hands with him also. Despite these criticisms, it could work as a presenter on. A total of eight episodes were broadcast.
Abdol - Hamid has repeatedly argued that although the Arab culture in many ways was female oppressive, but that are not misogynistic Islam and Islamic values in themselves. Therefore, they did not feel wearing a headscarf as oppressive woman. She said among other things:
"The fact that I wear a headscarf does not mean that I am oppressed or worse off. The values by which I live, are not Islamic and Arabic. It is important to distinguish between religion and culture. Arab views are female oppressive in many areas, and even though I am an Arab, I do not decide out of the culture, but against the background of my religion. Otherwise I would not have come as far as I am today, "
In November 2006, Abdol - Hamid was co-founder of the Muslim Women's Network De Grønne SLor ( The green veil ), and in this context, they called himself a " Muslim feminist ".
Accusation of treason
In an interview with the Socialistisk Arbejderavis ( " socialist newspaper" ) of 20 June 2007 Abdol - Hamid said that they supported the armed struggle against the Danish occupation troops in Iraq:
" Denmark is part of the occupying power in Iraq and is 100 percent obedient with Bush and the United States. This is another reason why we need to overthrow the government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen. It is also necessary that we support, for example, the struggle of the Iraqi people against the occupation. It has succeeded in far too highly stamp the resistance movement as terrorists. Basically, it is an expression of the legitimate desire of ordinary people to live a better life. "
It compared in subsequent opinions, the Danish soldiers and Iraqi insurgents with the occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany and the resistance movement. The conservative candidate Folketing Rasmus Jarlov they then showed on July 24 on charges of treason under § 100 of the Danish Criminal Code. Abdol - Hamid replied that she had not asked to kill Danish soldiers or members of other armed forces; Instead, they have emphasized the fundamental right of resistance of the Iraqi people against the occupation. They also demanded the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq.