“The municipality’s sign vandalised – showed the woman in the veil”
“One of the Gävle municipality and the digital signs at the E4 was vandalized over the weekend.”
“the Sign has in the past week shown a picture of a Gävlebo as wearing the veil, something that has attracted a lot of attention.”
“Each week, Gävle municipality välkomstskyltar at the E4 different pictures of the people who live in the municipality, as a way to welcome motorists to the municipality. It is Gävleborna themselves, has nominated the persons visible on the pictures.”
“Last week there was a teacher in the municipality that was on the signs. Gefle Dagblad writes that the local residents had nominated her because she is fighting for her students, despite the fact that she has cancer.”
“this Week’s sign has become a big buzz in the social media, because the teacher in the picture wearing the veil. “
“the Municipality has also received many reactions. In just one day, the Gävle municipality 20 phone calls and 40 e-mails. Many people have also left comments on the sign at the Gävle municipality’s channels in social media.”
“– It’s partly the classic islamophobia, the attitude that everything that has to do with islam is a danger and an evil. Since there have been those who insists that the hijab is a symbol of the oppression of women and that it is problematic, ” says Johan Adolfsson, head of communications at Gävle municipality to Gefle Dagblad.”
“We have over 120 different languages spoken in Gävle and a great variety of nationalities and religions that we choose to highlight in our communication. The woman on the picture is one of the Most many muslim women and she herself has chosen to wear the headgear the hijab because she wants it and that she feels like herself in the same,” he writes in a text message to Aftonbladet.”
“this weekend was one of the advertising signs so vandalised that it stopped working, writing Gefle Dagblad. Vandalism began last Friday, which led to parts of the sign stopped working. Vandalism continued over the weekend and the sign ended up working altogether.”
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