Yet again, a puffed-up over-heated discussion about whether female Muslims should be allowed to wear scarfs on the job has emerged here in Denmark, and yet again the journalism surrounding this debate scares people into thinking that Denmark is becoming slightly more Islamic than good is.

Get the fuck out of here, is my remark on that subject. First of all you need to discern between symbolism of a religion and next you need to look at the cultural impact of that symbolism. And bear in mind that we here in Denmark have the right to pursue whatever religion we like.

As a symbol it is infuriating to say that people shouldn’t be allowed to wear scarfs. That would be the same as saying that Christians shouldn’t be allowed to wear small crosses around their neck as a symbol of their beliefs. And if you look at the cultural impact you need to look at the number of people actually wearing the stuff. Here in Denmark all foreigners and their children makes out 8% of the population. That is approximately 680.000 people. Then you need to sort out adult female Muslims who actually wears a scarf. My undocumented estimate is maximum 25-50.000 women.

I might be wrong about the figure (and I can hereby point towards an essay I wrote (in Danish) [Sorry - this article has been removed. If you really want to read it, contact me and we'll figure out something] about a similar problem that has more correct numbers in a similar direction) but really – in a population of circa five and a half million, who would ever believe that 50.000 people could create an impact that would threaten the cultural balance and female integrity of this country? Look at London (population-wise that is) with 7.3 million people and 25% “foreigners” – and they have no problems at all and one of the highest GNP’s in Europe (as a city – even surpassing the GNP of Denmark), even though they live closer together. I’m not sure about how many females over there are wearing scarfs but anyway – look at the holistic aspect and compare it to the 8% here in Denmark.

I digress, anyway:

What on Earth are people afraid of? It pisses me off big time that such an innocent thing as a frigging scarf can create acts by politicians in the form of a suggested law legislation in favour of forbidding this piece of clothing at the work place, that stinks of racism. Crawl back to your potholes, try to pull your brain out of your arse and leave it alone – let it be up to the individual workplace to decide whether they want their employees to wear scarfs, crosses, nose-rings, tattoos or whatever! Whether Denmark should and ever could become Islamic is a question all by itself, but get real. This isn’t the case at all and this over-blown discussion just widens the gap between people in this country that above all should be one of the most forthcoming in the World. Sheesh!