[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Lagi, ancaman untuk wanita berjilbab....
- From: "Ida Z.A" <abidin_ida@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ppiindia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 03:33:52 -0000
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Gerakan menentang jilbab rupanya makin ramai diseluruh kawasan Eropa.
Yang terhangat bukan hanya datang dari Inggris (Shabina Begum)tapi
juga dari Belgia yang menimpa Naima Amzil.
*from Voice of America*
A Muslim woman who has been hailed in Belgium for standing up to
racist threats has resigned from her job in a food processing plant
after her employer received a new death threat.
Naima Amzil is a young Moroccan-born Belgian citizen who speaks
French and Flemish as well as her native Arabic. She has worked for
the past eight years at a factory in northwestern Belgium that
produces packaged gourmet foods.
But Naima Amzil's life changed last November when her employer, Rik
Remmery, began receiving a series of anonymous letters threatening
him if he did not dismiss Ms. Amzil because she wears a headscarf.
One of the letters put a $340,000 price on Mr. Remmery's head and
arrived with a bullet in the envelope. Another contained a threat to
burn down his factory.
Ms. Amzil offered to resign, but Mr. Remmery would hear nothing of
it.
"It was scaring me a lot, especially the bullet?I can guarantee
that. But I will not change my mind because of one sick person. No,
I don't do that," he said.
In an effort to minimize risk to her co-workers, Ms. Amzil decided
not to wear her headscarf at work and began covering her hair instead
with a safety bonnet.
But the letters kept coming, even after Mr. Remmery and Ms. Amzil
were received by Belgium's King Albert in a show of royal support for
their refusal to cave into intolerance. The pair also received
letters of encouragement from tens of thousands of Belgians.
This week, though, the pressure became too much for Naima Amzil.
Another anonymous letter arrived in the mail for Mr. Remmery. This
one contained two bullets and warned that he would be executed and
that his food products would be poisoned.
Ms. Amzil submitted her resignation despite Mr. Remmery's pleas for
her to stay on.
Although police have been investigating the threats, they have been
unable to come up with any leads.
The case of Ms. Amzil is only one story in a complex struggle under
way throughout Europe. Many Europeans worry that the influx of
Muslim immigrants threatens their national identities. Conservatives
demand that the immigrants give up their distinct cultures and
traditions. Immigrants, on the other hand, argue that mainstream
society does not really want them to assimilate and that they will
always be victims of discrimination.
love & peace
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