Denmark: Policewoman hugs defiant burqa-wearing protester after burqa ban
The burqa has been banned in various countries on security grounds, and/or because it is inconsistent with Western values, representing female oppression and the inferiority of women under Islamic law. These countries have banned the burqa: France, Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria, China, Tajikistan, Morocco, Latvia, Cameroon, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, and Gabon.
Denmark banned the Islamic full-face veil in public spaces in June; this was followed with protests in which Muslim women defied the ban as being “Islamophobic” and “intolerant.”
Now comes news of a bizarre incident where a female police officer in Denmark hugged one of the defiant protesters who was wearing the niqab. The police officer is now under investigation and her lawyer is defending her, saying that “she acted appropriately in her role as a ‘dialogue officer.'”
The odd incident, and the defense of it, is a stark reality of just how far some Westerners are willing to go to promote “diversity” and “dialogue”; in this case, even in defiance of the state while going about their professional duties.
“Danish policewoman investigated for hugging niqab-wearing protester,” BBC News, September 26, 2018:
A Danish policewoman who hugged a protester wearing the niqab is under investigation, the police complaints body has said.The unnamed officer hugged the woman at an August demonstration against Denmark’s ban on wearing face veils.Members of the conservative Venstre party made the complaint, arguing the officer should not have been involved.But the policewoman’s lawyer said she acted appropriately in her role as a “dialogue officer”.The country’s ban on any garment “that hides the face in public” came into force on 1 August.It does not specifically mention Muslim women, but it makes wearing a face veil an offence punishable by a fine of 1,000 kroner (£120; $158), rising ten times higher for repeat offenders.Marcus Knuth, a member of the Venstre party, sent a complaint to the police after reportedly seeing a press release about the two women.Danish newspaper BT reports that Mr Knuth’s complaint says the officer’s actions could suggest “the police in Denmark sympathise more with niqab demonstrators than with [government] legislation”.“The police must never become a volunteer or involuntary actor in a political debate,” Mr Knuth told public service broadcaster DR.But the policewoman’s lawyer, Torben Koch, told Reuters news agency she felt she had acted appropriately that day in her role as a “dialogue officer” – on-duty police who serve to ease tensions during protests….
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