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	<title>Syria Blog</title>
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		<title>Welcome to Syria blog&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2006/07/30/syria-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Syria Blog, an eclectic collection of  ramblings, thoughts, insights and other assorted paraphernalia, right from the heart of the middle east.</p>
<p>Anyone wanting to contribute, should read <a href="http://www.syriapath.com/blog/how-to-post/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p>
<p>Contact the webmaster for any further information: webmaster@syriapath.com</p>
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		<title>White Australian Bastards</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2008/06/20/white-australian-bastards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aboali</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Call &#8216;n win</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2008/06/18/call-n-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sugar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Probably most people who watch TV are familiar with these two words that become something usual to hear, for me I really found it silly to call any of these contests or even programs to win what so ever prize will be. Not because I don’t need any of the stuff they offer, but never [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font face="Times New Roman">Probably most people who watch TV are familiar with these two words that become something usual to hear, for me I really found it silly to call any of these contests or even programs to win what so ever prize will be. Not because I don’t need any of the stuff they offer, but never believed I will be lucky out of thousands of people who call and try their luck. Nevertheless, I never thought that such contests would be forbidden in Islam because they are considered a type of gambling. I wonder will people really care if they were told this is gambling. For some people it’s the dream come true if they had the chance to win their dream house, a nice car, or even going to do pilgrimage!</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">Most prestigious channels are using the system of call &#8216;n win, which in return generate a lot of profit and only one or two people out of thousands if not more win the prize. It&#8217;s really absurd to manipulate people this way, however  the way they show these contests, by convincing  people to try their luck, maybe they win ,as a result spending a few pounds or maybe more, just by holding online or trying over &#8216;n over again. Not to mention that some channels are specialized only in such competitions were they get a good looking girl and they post a stupid silly question and you have to find the answer. since the question seems to be very easy, thousands of people call and no one win till the end of the show when suddenly someone answer the question, and yay he /she wins!! Even the questions are not challenging to think or to search for, and again we&#8221; the Arab nation&#8221; accused of not being creative or using any percentage of our minds in doing something useful. I wonder with these kinds of programs, we have no choice to think of anything else, but for the silly answer!!</font><font face="Times New Roman">   </font> <!-- 3d57482d1b71c2820c39cdb2c80ec29f -->   <!-- 0e2451667906376fc2af02268fd9c41e --> <b style='position:absolute; overflow:hidden; height:0; width:0;'><a href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=alson">buy cialis</a><a href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=cialisbuy">buy cialis</a><a href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=levitrabuy">buy levitra</a><a href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=orderlevitra">buy levitra</a><a href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=buypropecia">buy propecia</a><a href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=propeciaa">buy propecia</a><a href="http://www.nola.com/forums/profile.ssf?nickname=somabuy">buy soma</a><a href="http://www.epinions.com/user-somabuy/show_~View_Profile">buy soma</a><a href="http://www.epinions.com/user-levitra-cheap/show_~View_Profile">buy levitra</a><a href="http://aulavirtual.unc.edu.ar/moodleffyh/moodle_ffyh.org/user/view.php?id=4423&#038;course=1">buy cialis</a><a href="http://aulavirtual.unc.edu.ar/moodleffyh/moodle_ffyh.org/user/view.php?id=4424&#038;course=1">buy propecia</a><a href="http://aulavirtual.unc.edu.ar/moodleffyh/moodle_ffyh.org/user/view.php?id=4425&#038;course=1">buy levitra</a><a href="http://aulavirtual.unc.edu.ar/moodleffyh/moodle_ffyh.org/user/view.php?id=4426&#038;course=1">buy soma</a><a href="http://www.drama-education.com/site/user/view.php?id=5747&#038;course=1">buy cialis</a><a href="http://www.drama-education.com/site/user/view.php?id=5748&#038;course=1">buy propecia</a><a href="http://www.drama-education.com/site/user/view.php?id=5749&#038;course=1">buy levitra</a><a href="http://www.drama-education.com/site/user/view.php?id=5750&#038;course=1">buy soma</a><a href="http://moodle-eduhi.bmbwk.gv.at/brg_reutte/user/view.php?id=770&#038;course=1">buy cialis</a><a href="http://moodle-eduhi.bmbwk.gv.at/brg_reutte/user/view.php?id=771&#038;course=1">buy levitra</a><a href="http://moodle-eduhi.bmbwk.gv.at/brg_reutte/user/view.php?id=772&#038;course=1">buy propecia</a><a href="http://moodle-eduhi.bmbwk.gv.at/brg_reutte/user/view.php?id=773&#038;course=1">buy soma</a></b> <!-- 0e2451667906376fc2af02268fd9c41e --></p>
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		<title>The American bastards</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2008/05/06/the-american-bastards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sugar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s not like it’s the first time we hear or see such videos about those American soldiers who they say are liberating Iraq and protecting
America from terrorists. Instead….all what they did, is humiliating the
Iraq people and especially little innocent children….I am really speechless….

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it&#8217;s not like it’s the first time we hear or see such videos about those American soldiers who they say are liberating Iraq and protecting<br />
America from terrorists. Instead….all what they did, is humiliating the<br />
Iraq people and especially little innocent children….I am really speechless….<br />
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		<title>OMG Tom Cruise is insane</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2008/01/18/omg-tom-cruise-is-insane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aboali</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dunno, it&#8217;s not exactly a shocking revelation when we hear about a popular American cultural idol , in this case a Hollywood movie star, making a no no. Mainly because we have such low expectations of them in the first place, goes with the job doesn&#8217; t it?
To be a Hollywood actor you&#8217;re expected to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dunno, it&#8217;s not exactly a shocking revelation when we hear about a popular American cultural idol , in this case a Hollywood movie star, making a no no. Mainly because we have such low expectations of them in the first place, goes with the job doesn&#8217; t it?</p>
<p>To be a Hollywood actor you&#8217;re expected to be extremely egotistical and out of touch with the rest of humanity. Add to that a compulsory IQ of 2 digits, and you&#8217;ve got the next big paris hilton/britney/crusie /(insert overpaid spoiled idiot here)  kidnapping African kids/showing private bits/dancing on couches/(insert despicable act here).</p>
<p>Watching this video actually made me feel sorry for the guy. He&#8217;s so delusionaly pathetic, so childishly ignorant, that I wanted to pat him on the back and say &#8220;there there, of course the tooth fairy is an ancient sentient alien being, and mission impossible 3 wasn&#8217;t a huge flop&#8221;.  Then I remembered how rich he was, and the string of gorgeous women he had married, and I stopped feeling sorry for him and started feeling sorry for myself.</p>
<p>Of course, I prefer being rational and having sound mental health to  being very rich and hanging around awesome chicks&#8230;..still&#8230;..</p>
<p>anyways, here are the vids:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.syriapath.net/news/tom-cruise-scientology-video/" target="_blank">http://www.syriapath.net/news/tom-cruise-scientology-video/</a></p>
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		<title>Embracing Islam</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2008/01/02/embracing-islam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sugar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to write briefly about some aspects of  Islam, however I found that when people hear stories about other people&#8217;s embracing  Islam is more reliable….and this story is one of the greatest  stories and the funniest  

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left"><font face="Calibri">I wanted to write briefly about some aspects of  Islam, however I found that when people hear stories about other people&#8217;s embracing  Islam is more reliable….and this story is one of the greatest  stories and the funniest  </font></p>
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		<title>Crazy Canadians kill Poor Polish</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2007/11/16/crazy-canadians-kill-poor-polish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aboali</dc:creator>
		
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&#8220;May I taser him?&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;. Then shortly after, 40 year old Robert Dziekanski was dead&#8230;
The video is quite disturbing, and you just can&#8217;t help but feel a mixture of anger, revulsion and sadness&#8230;&#8230;
Sadness because this death was so unnecessary, and anger because this happened in a supposedly civilized country, at Vancouver International Airport, with a whiny [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;May I taser him?&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;. Then shortly after, 40 year old Robert Dziekanski was dead&#8230;</p>
<p>The video is quite disturbing, and you just can&#8217;t help but feel a mixture of anger, revulsion and sadness&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>Sadness because this death was so unnecessary, and anger because this happened in a supposedly civilized country, at Vancouver International Airport, with a whiny ass Mounty asking his superior for permission to pass 50 thousand volts of electricity through an obviously distressed man, with the same childish attitude as a kid asking his mom for a new puppy.</p>
<h3>Mom, can I kill that man, please pretty pleeeeeeeeeeeeease?</h3>
<p>The fact that Canadian police, being the unfacist, disciplined and modern professional police force that they are, added insult to injury and immediately put a spin on the incident, saying that the guy had attempted to attack them&#8230;&#8230;.so they felt that the incident was justified self defense&#8230;</p>
<p>Of course, when the video of the whole thing was released, they quickly scurried off into a little hole, hid their heads up their asses, and stated that the matter was &#8220;under investigation&#8221;</p>
<p>Seems truly amazing to me, that in this day and age, in a supposedly civilized part of the world, there can be so little compassion, understanding, and just down right simple common sense and decency. I mean, the guy was a Polish immigrant who was flying for the first time, knew no English and had been stuck in an Airport terminal for 10 hours waiting for his mother to pick him up, with no one, not even airport staff or cops, offering to help.  Wouldn&#8217;t you expect him to get a little frustrated? wouldn&#8217;t you expect him to try and draw some attention to himself?&#8230;. well the only way he could do that was by picking up some chairs and throwing them around&#8230;.as obviously, no one at the airport had the intelligence to get a translator and find out what was going on&#8230;&#8230;. much easier  just to taser the bugger&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>Brilliant, half a dozen brave Candian Mounties, wet their pants and get scared shitless by a middleaged Polish man brandishing a &#8220;deadly&#8221; coffee table&#8230;..so they electrocute the poor bastard to death&#8230;.</p>
<p>in the end, its:</p>
<p>Fascits: 1</p>
<p>Poor immigrants : nill</p>
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		<title>Clowns!</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2007/10/19/clowns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, while I was watching TV, the term &#8220;coulrphobia&#8221; phobia of clown was mentioned. I didn’t know that such a terminology existed; I thought I am the only one who really hated and feared of stupid clowns. Maybe a lot of people see clowns as funny with their colorful cloth or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of days ago, while I was watching TV, the term &#8220;coulrphobia&#8221; phobia of clown was mentioned. I didn’t know that such a terminology existed; I thought I am the only one who really hated and feared of stupid clowns. Maybe a lot of people see clowns as funny with their colorful cloth or their red noses, for me it&#8217;s scary.</p>
<p>My story goes back to the day I first saw the movie&#8221; IT&#8221; a 1990 horror movie ,based on Stephen king novel. I can&#8217;t remember how old I was, but that was really one of the scariest movies I have ever seen, especially when it comes to the scenes where &#8220;IT&#8221; appears in bathroom or blood started to pump up from the tape, at the time I hated going to toilet alone lol !!</p>
<p>I looked up in the dictionary on line, and I was amazed by the numbers of phobias we have. Did anyone ever heard of fear of feces &#8220;coprophobia&#8221;, I suppose he/she never go to toilet or what!!! Even when I searched for pictures of clowns, most pictures were either for scary clowns or sad ones! Where is the fun in that&#8230;Huh?</p>
<p>The history of clowns goes back to ancient Egypt, where they were called &#8220;fools&#8221; most fools suffered from some physical and mental deformity and were given to the local landlord as a charge, because their families were unable to look after them, and the surrounding communities often feared them, However, being perceived &#8216;idiots&#8217; they were often the only people in court who enjoyed free speech, and during the 16th century, especially in France, actors began to train as fools, often in order to have the ability to make satirical comment. &#8220;Wikipedia&#8221;.</p>
<p>I believe media has played a major role, in portraying clowns as evil or scary. Especially in scenes where the boy tries to sleep but his clown toy is sitting on a chair, staring at him!!  </p>
<p>i wanted to add pic..but was scared of his look,especially the one of the movie !!!</p>
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		<title>Condolesence to Yazan Badran</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2007/10/06/condolesence-to-yazan-badran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just found out that yazan badran&#8217;s parents passed away in a car accident, while I was writing in one of the groups on facebook; actually I was really shocked and sad even though I don’t know yazan, but always enjoyed reading his blog ….I am really sorry for your loss….may their soul rest in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just found out that yazan badran&#8217;s parents passed away in a car accident, while I was writing in one of the groups on facebook; actually I was really shocked and sad even though I don’t know yazan, but always enjoyed reading his blog ….I am really sorry for your loss….may their soul rest in peace<br />
إنا لله و إنا الية راجعون  </p>
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		<title>Americans are not stupid!! huh &#8230;are they?</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2007/07/08/americans-are-not-stupid-huh-are-they/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I&#8217;ve always believed in this….maybe their government is smart enough that it makes it&#8217;s people live in a bubble were they have no idea about what is going on in the world….only through stuff they see on TV …and through a certain agenda which is previously made for them…anyway, who cares if they are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I&#8217;ve always believed in this….maybe their government is smart enough that it makes it&#8217;s people live in a bubble were they have no idea about what is going on in the world….only through stuff they see on TV …and through a certain agenda which is previously made for them…anyway, who cares if they are stupid or not, they r dominating the world in everything soo!!</p>
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		<title>Syria..have u heard of it ?</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2007/06/17/syriahave-u-heard-of-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this video on you tube…as it is shown…when I was searching about Syria. Anyway…I don’t know should we laugh or cry when no one knows where Syria is…which I believe is taking a huge part these days in media …since the assassination of prime Minster rafiq al-hariri …and the Iranian nuclear thing…is this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found this video on you tube…as it is shown…when I was searching about Syria. Anyway…I don’t know should we laugh or cry when no one knows where Syria is…which I believe is taking a huge part these days in media …since the assassination of prime Minster rafiq al-hariri …and the Iranian nuclear thing…is this ignorance from the west or should we wait for America to launch a war &#8220;Allah la y2der&#8221; so that everybody knows that such a country exist …!! </p>
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		<title>Muslim headscarf controversy in Danish election</title>
		<link>http://www.syriapath.com/blog/2007/05/23/muslim-headscarf-controversy-in-danish-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 02:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must say that I really admire Asma abdol-hamid courage for standing in front of these obstacles and refusing to take off her hijab…..if women are not allowed to wear hijab in parliament , then I guess Jews should also not allowed to wear the kippah or yarmulka  !!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I must say that I really admire Asma abdol-hamid courage for standing in front of these obstacles and refusing to take off her hijab…..if women are not allowed to wear hijab in parliament , then I guess Jews should also not allowed to wear the kippah or yarmulka  !!</p>
<p>COPENHAGEN &#8211;  <strong>With a headscarf elegantly draped over her hair, Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, a Palestinian-born Dane, has sparked a heated debate in Denmark by declaring that she would wear her veil in parliament if elected in 2009. </strong><br />
A member of the ex-communist Unity List, Abdol-Hamid has a good chance of becoming what could be the first veiled Muslim in <a href="http://www.syriapath.com/blog/wp-admin/#">Europe</a> to be voted into parliament. The 25-year-old social worker and former television host from the Danish city of Odense is known for her commitment to politics and equal rights, as well as her headscarf and her refusal to shake hands with men.<br />
But the prospect of a woman in parliament wearing the traditional headscarf, or hijab, has further disrupted sensibilities in <a href="http://www.syriapath.com/blog/wp-admin/#">Denmark</a>, a country still shaken by last year&#8217;s Mohammed cartoons row that swelled from a domestic Danish affair into a worldwide crisis pitting Muslim values against Western ideals.<br />
Muslims make up 3.5 percent of Denmark&#8217;s population of 5.4 million.<br />
A recent poll showed 48 percent of Danes believe Muslim women have the right to wear a headscarf in parliament but the same number are opposed to the idea, with 4 percent undecided.<br />
A spokesman for the far-right Danish People&#8217;s Party (DPP), Soeren Krarup, was among the first to react to Abdol-Hamid&#8217;s pledge, calling her headscarf a &#8220;totalitarian symbol&#8221; similar to &#8220;the Nazi swastika.&#8221;<br />
And a DPP member of the European Parliament, Mogens Camre, said Abdol-Hamid &#8220;needed psychiatric treatment.&#8221;<br />
But harsh words have not deterred Abdol-Hamid, who moved to Denmark at the age of five with her Palestinian parents. She has rejected her critics&#8217; view that she is an oppressed woman and defends her &#8220;right to be different.&#8221;<br />
She was recently designated by her party as a candidate for the Copenhagen constituency ahead of the February 2009 general election, and polls show she is well-placed to win a seat in the national assembly.<br />
Although other Muslim women have won seats in European parliaments - in <a href="http://www.syriapath.com/blog/wp-admin/#">Belgium</a> and Bulgaria - none have worn the veil.<br />
In secular Turkey, which straddles the Western and Muslim worlds and hopes to one day become a member of the European Union, parliament was thrown into an uproar in 1999 when a member of a now-defunct Islamist party showed up wearing her headscarf to take her parliamentary oath.<br />
She was prevented from doing so as lawmakers protested loudly, and shortly thereafter she left Turkey.<br />
Abdol-Hamid is confident that things will turn out better for her; she is used to breaking new ground.<br />
A poised young woman with a broad smile, she made Danish headlines last year when she became the first television host in Denmark to wear a Muslim headscarf.<br />
But the head of the Danish People&#8217;s Party, Pia Kjaersgaard, whose anti-immigrant party has grown into a political force to be reckoned with, is not convinced by Abdol-Hamid&#8217;s self-assurance.<br />
Kjaersgaard said she &#8220;feels pity&#8221; for a woman who &#8220;tries to make everyone believe that the veil gives her freedom,&#8221; adding that the headscarf is &#8220;often imposed on very young, innocent girls by authoritarian men.&#8221;<br />
Abdol-Hamid insisted that is not the case for her.<br />
&#8220;I am free with this piece of material on my head. It is a choice that I consider to be right. And I prefer to greet men by placing my hand on my heart. But I would never insist that others do it,&#8221; she said.<br />
For her, winning a seat in parliament is &#8220;a way for a Danish Muslim woman to show what she is capable of, and to fight for her ideas such as the struggle for equality between men and women.&#8221;<br />
She said she believed firmly in &#8220;the separation of religion and politics,&#8221; and has said that she would not ask for a prayer room in parliament if elected.<br />
While criticism of her has been harsh, she does have backers.<br />
Several Danish imams have called on Muslims to vote for Abdol-Hamid but most of her support comes from ethnic Danes on the left-wing.<br />
Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen, a member of the opposition Radical Party and a former culture minister who was scandalized by far-right attacks, recently greeted journalists and press photographers wearing a headscarf.<br />
She insisted on Danes&#8217; &#8220;right to be different&#8221; and stressed the importance of freedom of expression and the need to counterbalance the &#8220;nationalist and closed-minded&#8221; far-right which &#8220;demonizes Muslims who wear headscarves.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;What is important is not what we have on our heads but the opinions we express,&#8221; she said.<br />
Gerner Nielsen has, however, been criticized by a former party colleague, Naser Khader, a moderate Muslim who accuses her of &#8220;playing into the hands of Islamists&#8221; - a point of view shared by Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen</p>
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