Germany’s best known and most outspoken feminist has called for a ban on headscarves for girls in German schools. Her new book, a plea for integration over Islamism, is likely to stir controversy. The headscarf is more than just a piece of fabric, more than just another article of clothing, and definitely not some hip lifestyle accessory that heavily made-up girls should use to add a little colour to their wardrobe. No, the head scarf is a “flag and symbol of Islamists” which “followed a crusade all the way to the heart of Europe by the 1980s.” Or so says iconic German feminist Alice Schwarzer in her new book, “The Great Cover Up: For Integration, against Islamism”. The book was recently published in German under the name “Die grosse Verschleierung: Fuer Integration, gegen Islamismus,” and its strong statements been an injection of yet more fuel into the already burning integration debate in Germany. Teachers are no longer allowed to wear the head scarf in German public schools, and now Schwarzer has demanded the next step: Girls should be forbidden to wear it as well.
GERMAN FEMINIST LEADER FOR BAN ON HEADSCARF
Germany’s best known and most outspoken feminist has called for a ban on headscarves for girls in German schools.
