A campaign that causes some controversy. A recent advertising campaign launched by the Council of Europe as part of its Inclusion and Anti-discrimination Programme, celebrating diversity and “freedom in hijab”, was denounced by several politicians in France and some called for the posters to be removed. The posters feature portraits of several veiled young women with the English-language message “Beauty is in diversity as freedom is in hijab”.
The campaign, which initially went relatively unnoticed and was co-financed by the European Union, eventually aroused the ire of internet users and numerous politicians such as Nadine Morano, who wrote to Ursula von der Leyen. “Madam President of the European Commission, I call on you to put an immediate end to this scandal of using EU funds for scandalous Islamist propaganda. This campaign is an insult to Iranian women who are dying for their freedom,” she tweeted on Wednesday September 28.
The acting national Rassemblement chair, Jordan Bardella, also reacted on social media, condemning the European Union’s attitude of “taking a new step in subjugation by promoting the Islamic veil worn by a little girl”. He added: “We should all be aware that this relativism and cowardice are preparing the ground for a victory of obscurantism on our continent”. This campaign shows in particular that religious freedom should not be confused with the promotion of a religious symbol.
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