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Swedish musical star on niqab and burka: Stone Age ideas that don’t belong here

When singer Tommy Körberg visited the latest episode of the podcast “Fördomspodden”, he revealed his attitude to garments like niqab and burka, reports Voice of Europe.

 

“Those stone Age ideas they can keep for themselves,” he said. In the podcast, guests get to respond to prejudice about themselves.

In the latest episode, Tommy was confronted with the claim that he “purely aesthetically” thinks the Ku Klux Klan “has something”.

He disagreed. Anyone who covers their face shouldn’t be here. One should show one’s face, he said. The host asked if this also applied to religious purposes.

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