‘They see me as non-Western’: Top court to rule on Denmark’s housing law

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Copenhagen, Denmark – Under a graffiti-covered bridge in Norrebro, a multicultural, trendy district of the Danish capital, Sara touches her hijab. “I am Muslim. The way the government and the media speak, they see me as not Western,” says the 46-year-old, born and raised in Denmark, who has asked not to use her real name. She believes the country’s so-called “ghetto law” is a way of cracking down on Muslims, who account for little more than 4 percent of the population. On November 23, Denmark’s Supreme Court is due to rule on a case that could shape the future of that law, which can force the sale, demolition or conversion of nonprofit homes in areas where more than half of residents are classed as “non-Western”.