A Belgian politician risks causing an uproar among Muslims after starting a 'Women Against Islamization' campaign featuring his 19-year-old daughter wearing a burka and a bikini.
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Filip Dewinter, leader of the far-right Vlaams Belang party, used a shot of his daughter in a dark blue bikini for the political campaign. The glamorous teenager wears an open burka that covers her head and face, while the rest of the garment is draped over her back. The provocative image seems likely to inflame tensions between Islamic groups and nationalists in the country.
The poster has the words 'Freedom or Islam?' written on a red panel across Ms Dewinter's breasts. Further down the poster a white panel with the words 'You choose!' is seen covering the teenager's crotch.
Ms Dewinter told the Belgian press she does not feel used by the party. She said, "I've suggested (the poster) myself, I have learned to live with it but I have had everything up to death threats made at me."
She said that she "wanted to make this statement," and added, "What is the greatest contrast with a niqab? Nude.
"The campaign fits in perfectly with how I feel about the whole issue . As women, we must choose: freedom or Islam."
The teenager says that she has been threatened by Muslim groups, and added, "Death threats and criticism no longer scare me off."
Her father said, "Women are always the first victims of Islam. We want to make clear that they have a choice."
The potentially incendiary poster comes after The Islamic fundamentalist group Shariah4Belgium was criticized for its aggressive stance. That group opened the country's first Sharia court, a putting it on a collision course with Western civilization the Belgian nationalists.
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Interesting after reading the Sir Richard Burton story on another thread (about the naked muslim ladies racing for their veils, not clothes).
They made the ad knowing it would upset folks. Their are folks waiting for a pretext to be upset. It is unfortunate the Europeans let these battles occur on their own soil.
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