[list_indonesia] [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.=20
Yang terhangat bukan hanya datang dari Inggris (Shabina Begum)tapi=20
juga dari Belgia yang menimpa Naima Amzil.
*from Voice of America*
A Muslim woman who has been hailed in Belgium for standing up to=20
racist threats has resigned from her job in a food processing plant=20
after her employer received a new death threat.=20=20
Naima Amzil is a young Moroccan-born Belgian citizen who speaks=20
French and Flemish as well as her native Arabic. She has worked for=20
the past eight years at a factory in northwestern Belgium that=20
produces packaged gourmet foods.
But Naima Amzil's life changed last November when her employer, Rik=20
Remmery, began receiving a series of anonymous letters threatening=20
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=20
arrived with a bullet in the envelope. Another contained a threat to=20
burn down his factory.=20
Ms. Amzil offered to resign, but Mr. Remmery would hear nothing of=20
it.=20=20
"It was scaring me a lot, especially the bullet=85I can guarantee=20
that. But I will not change my mind because of one sick person. No,=20
I don't do that," he said.
In an effort to minimize risk to her co-workers, Ms. Amzil decided=20
not to wear her headscarf at work and began covering her hair instead=20
with a safety bonnet.
But the letters kept coming, even after Mr. Remmery and Ms. Amzil=20
were received by Belgium's King Albert in a show of royal support for=20
their refusal to cave into intolerance. The pair also received=20
letters of encouragement from tens of thousands of Belgians.
This week, though, the pressure became too much for Naima Amzil.=20=20
Another anonymous letter arrived in the mail for Mr. Remmery. This=20
one contained two bullets and warned that he would be executed and=20
that his food products would be poisoned.
Ms. Amzil submitted her resignation despite Mr. Remmery's pleas for=20
her to stay on.
Although police have been investigating the threats, they have been=20
unable to come up with any leads.
The case of Ms. Amzil is only one story in a complex struggle under=20
way throughout Europe. Many Europeans worry that the influx of=20
Muslim immigrants threatens their national identities. Conservatives=20
demand that the immigrants give up their distinct cultures and=20
traditions. Immigrants, on the other hand, argue that mainstream=20
society does not really want them to assimilate and that they will=20
always be victims of discrimination.
love & peace
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