The CDU member of parliament Matthias Hauer has criticised the content channel “Funk” of the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF for a report on the Muslim head veil Hijab. “In some countries, people fight to be allowed to take it off. They are threatened to life and limb for it,” he admonished on Twitter on Sunday.
Funk let this slip under the radar. “Funk is not bothered by this. Funk celebrates the hijab anyway,” the Christian Democratic Party politician went on to criticise.
The format “Datteltäter”, which belongs to the network and describes itself as “multi-ethnic and multi-religious”, had previously shared a video entitled “My headscarf, my choice”. “My hijab is part of me, as a woman, as a daughter as a Muslim woman,” several women profess in it. “My hijab is feminism that stands for freedom and dignity.”
Moreover, the Muslim veil stands for “anti-racism” because it is worn in different parts of the world. “Of course my hijab is also an object of your prejudices,” it continues.
Opinions differ on radio channels on social media. “It’s a personal choice,” comments one woman on Facebook. “Where is that feminism please, if I have to or want to cover up” because I am a woman and it is expected by men or my culture or religion?” writes another user. “It’s funny. In other countries, women risk their lives and freedom to take that off, and now we celebrate something that is all too often unfree and oppressive,” reads another response.
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