These days the burka and niqab are topics of intense debate in Denmark, while Norway once again seems to have landed in a hijab debate, this time involving the possible prohibition of political and religious symbols on the judges bench. Meanwhile, whats going on in Sweden? Philip Wendahl reports that in Sweden, too, outfits that cover the entire body are also being debated especially in connection with Alia Khalifa, who demands to be allowed to continue training for day-care center work while wearing niqab. Such demands symbolize the Islamization of Europe, argues Wendahl, who believes that it is undesirable for society to adapt itself to a small, but loud, group of religious extremists and that it is especially undesirable when we call to mind the new Europeans who have fled from oppressive religious regimes in search of Western secular democracy.