Town of Visoko in Bosnia finally has a new mayor were veiled. In the municipal elections held on Sunday (7/10), Amra Babic was elected to be a leader in the city of Visoko once mayor unveiled the first in Europe.
'' It's a great history of democracy. Residents demonstrate democratic maturity for choosing me a woman and wearing a hijab,'' Babic said as quoted by AFP.
"The teachings of Islam to women is clear. Islamic provide a place for women in the public service system and for those who interpret it as that's true that women in the eyes of Islam," added Babic, who joined the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), the largest Muslim party Bosnia.
43-year-old woman managed to gain a 30 percent vote. Congratulation continues flooded.
Babic also believe that women like her still have a place among the nations of modern Europe.
"I believe my headscarf would not be prohibitive. Europeans will understand that the veil which is also related to a person's identity can tolerate other people's rights," he said.
Before becoming mayor, mother of three children was an economist. He worked at the Ministry of Finance in the Zenca. Babic lost her husband in the Bosnian war 1992-1995. And, for several years he led the association of Muslim families who are victims of war.
Muslims are the largest religion in Bosnia. About 40 percent of Bosnia's 3.8 million inhabitants are Muslim. While ethnic Serbs who converted to Orthodox Christianity amounted to 31 percent and 10 percent are ethnic Croatian who embraced Roman Catholicism.
When Bosnia was still part of Yugoslavia, the veil is forbidden. But after Bosnian independence, most of the country's Muslim women wear the hijab.
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