#467 Noorina Khalikyar - Feminism, honor culture and muslim assimilation in Europe

Þórarinn speaks with Noorina Khalikyar about her experience coming to Iceland from Afghanistan as a refugee. Noorina is a doctor and an outspoken advocate for the liberation of Afghan women.
In this episode, she discusses differing opinions among muslims in Iceland on whether women should be allowed to work, whether muslim women can be unveiled in Iceland, the concept of honor culture, views on homosexuality, and the impatience some inhabitants show toward differing cultural standards.

What are the views of muslim men in Iceland toward homosexuality?
Why don’t Western feminists support muslim women?
Are Icelanders normalizing honor culture?
How do muslim men perceive unveiled muslim women in Iceland?
These questions and more are answered in this episode.