Zana Ramadani

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Zana Ramadani
Born (1984-01-10) 10 January 1984 (age 40)
Known forDie verschleierte Gefahr: Die Macht der muslimischen Mütter und der Toleranzwahn der Deutschen (2017)

Zana Ramadani (born 1984) is a German politician, feminist activist, and author of Albanian descent. She was born in Skopje, but fled to West Germany as a child. She was chair of the Junge Union, the youth organization of the CDU (Conservative Party), in Wilnsdorf in Central Germany. [2]

She came to prominence when she founded the German branch of the feminist protest group FEMEN in 2012, and was involved in a number of topless protests against sexual exploitation. One high-profile protest involved invading the stage of Heidi Klum's television casting show Germany's Next Topmodel during the finale of cycle 8 sporting the slogan "Heidi horror picture show" as a critique of the beauty ideal propagated by the fashion industry. In another, the group appeared on the street in Hamburg's red-light district (the Reeperbahn), with Ramadani wearing the slogan "Destroy the Sex Industry!". [3]

Ramadani's book Die verschleierte Gefahr: Die Macht der muslimischen Mütter und der Toleranzwahn der Deutschen was published in March 2017. [4] It critiques Islam and the role of Muslim mothers. [5] [6]

According to a Süddeutsche Zeitung interview in April 2017, she frequently receives death threats from conservative Muslims, [7] and after she was pregnant, the Muslim threats also included beating her to cause a miscarriage. As police would not give her protection, she applied for a firearms license. [8]

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References

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  2. Vogel, Mathis (January 1, 2015). "Zana Ramadani: Die Bloßstellung" [Zana Ramadani: The exposure]. Die Zeit (in German). Germany. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  3. "Rel rond blote borsten van Duitse politica" via www.youtube.com.
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  5. ARD report: http://info.arte.tv/de/zana-ramadani-die-verschleierte-gefahr
  6. "Zana Ramadani glaubt, das Problem muslimischer Männer zu kennen" [Zana Ramadani believes she knows the problem with Muslim men]. Die Welt (in German). Germany. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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