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A Swedish Muslim woman has reported falling under attack after a security staff working at a small northern airport pulled her hijab, forcing her to remove it in public.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe female guard asked me \u2018What’s on your head\u2019,\u201d Saama Sarsour, a state employee, told the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper about her treatment at Arvidsjaur airport in northern Sweden, The Local reported on Monday, March 31.<\/span>
Sarsour was at northern Arvidsjaur airport when the metal detector beeped.<\/span>
After the security asked her to remove her hijab, the state employee offered to remove her scarf in a private room.<\/span>
\u201cThen the woman grabbed the scarf and started yanking it,\u201d Sarsour recalled how her hijab was removed in front of hundreds of passengers in the airport.<\/span>
\u201cI was totally shocked.\u201d<\/span>
After the incident Sarsour, who works for the social security agency Skatteverket, reported the incident to the police.<\/span>
However, the police refused to investigate the attack as a hate crime.<\/span>
Muslims make up between 450,000 and 500,000 of Sweden\u2019s nine million people, according to the US State Department report in 2011.<\/span>
Islam sees hijab as an obligatory code of dress, not a religious symbol displaying one\u2019s affiliations.<\/span>
Defense<\/span>
Justifying the female guard’s anti-Muslim act, Ralf Lundberg, Airport CEO, said, \u201cThey did their job.\u201d<\/span>
\u201cAll have gone through thorough education and training to make sure no one takes dangerous objects through security.\u201d<\/span>
However, the spokesman of Sweden’s biggest airport company criticized the guard over her actions.<\/span>
\u201cIt says in the penal code that frisking should take place in seclusion, that’s why we have separate rooms for this,\u201d Klas Nilsson, Swedavia\u2018s spokesman, told SvD.<\/span>
According to aviation experts, airport staff has permissions to obey passengers’ wishes as long as it abides by the rules.<\/span>
The airport incident is not the first to target Sweden Muslims.<\/span>
In 2013 alone, around 300 hate crimes against Muslims were reported in the Scandinavian country.<\/span>
Last January, a Stockholm mosque came under attack when vandals scrawled swastikas on its doors.<\/span>
In a gesture of solidarity, bouquets of pink and white flowers were taped over the black swastikas on the doors of the central Stockholm mosque.<\/span>
Another attack was reported in November 2013 when pig’s trotters were thrown into a mosque south of Stockholm after shattering windows of its main door.<\/span>
According to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, these incidents were on the rise, forcing many Muslims to abstain from attending prayers at mosques.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:<\/span> OnIslam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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