{"id":172233,"date":"2026-06-12T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=172233"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:59:42","slug":"film-sds-slojforbud-kamp-mot-islamisering-eller-hot-mot-religionsfriheten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/film-sds-veil-ban-fight-against-islamization-or-threat-to-religious-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"FILM: The Sweden Democrats' Headscarf Ban \u2013 A Fight Against Islamization or a Threat to Religious Freedom?"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">The opinions expressed are personal and represent the person, not Freedom News.\nWe allow all opinions to be expressed, even if they are uncomfortable. We stand for real freedom of expression.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Should the hijab and face veil be banned in public places in Sweden? In this interview, Mats Selander explains why he opposes a ban, despite criticism of Islamism and integration issues. The discussion focuses on religious freedom, freedom versus security, and which solutions actually work.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe to Freedom News<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should we have a ban on face coverings in Sweden, prohibiting the hijab and similar garments in public places? Or is there a certain risk involved in this?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":172235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,1520,325,216],"tags":[284,601,3043,156],"class_list":["post-172233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-nyhetssamtalet","category-stor","category-nyheter-video","category-tv","tag-islam","tag-islamisering","tag-sloja","tag-sverigedemokraterna","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}