Fatima Elatik Leads Amsterdam District Council

EU: Never heard of her before this but she doesn't exactly sound like she is embracing the West concept of free speech/expression.

Fatima Elatik was appointed leader of the Amsterdam district council of Zeeburg yesterday. She will become the first political administrator in the Netherlands to wear a headscarf in her job. Elatik, 35, is a member of the Labour (PvdA) party. She combines her always lavishly made-up face with a headscarf. She was born in the capital and speaks with an Amsterdam accent. Some 50,000 people live in Zeeburg. It is one of the 14 district councils of Amsterdam. As well as Amsterdam, Rotterdam also has this administrative form. The district councils have powers particularly in the field of physical planning, such as parking policy and the construction of mosques. Ahmed Marcouch (PvdA) was until now the only Islamic district council leader. He leads the Slotervaart district council. Marcouch and Elatik both have Moroccan nationality. A few years ago, the theatre play Aishia, about the Prophet Mohammed, was cancelled following threats, to Elatik's satisfaction. In the same period, the Amsterdam district council elections took place. Elatik put an advertisement in a newspaper at the time that said: "Why should a play not be banned? Vote for Fatima Elatik."

Amsterdam is like the test tube for controlled social experiments and so far you really want the experiment to be scrapped.