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Backlash over campaign showing 19-year-old in bikini, veil

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    European politician, daughter get death threats

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So there -- backlash now mounting among Muslims worldwide over campaign called women against -- as -- nation.

The campaign launched by a Belgian politician.

Features posters with a picture of his nineteen year old daughter and a bikini.

And wearing a veil.

Impala cot makes sense of his live in London -- this campaign all about Greg.

-- ability this campaign is that certainly a little bit of a different one.

Critical of Islam and mostly has to do that controversial poster it features a woman named Anna Sophie -- winter she is the daughter of -- -- winter.

He is the head of a Belgian extreme right particle.

Bombs belong and she appears in a -- a -- and a bikini to slow winds across her body freedom or Islam you choose to -- basically is that.

Islam discriminates women against Friday in a variety of ways and -- can spread throughout society and we spoke to both father and daughter the daughter said she did this have her own free will she's interested in the topic.

The father said he is not using the daughter but both admitted there has already and hate mail there has already.

Been death threats.

Take a listen to both of them and you decide whether this is a good.

It.

Really know.

You don't think they're serious or I don't think accidents.

And I hope you think.

Very rare -- some threats yes of course.

And I'm very worried about -- but nevertheless there's nobody speaks up she's a grown up girls just -- two years old.

Bill as we have seen militants can say these things and can do things they can mean what they say what his reaction been to this great.

Well and went into a Muslim neighborhood of Antwerp Belgium and you can imagine we showed a picture of the poster there was shock.

There was anger there was a lot of lot of negative feelings about it.

However we also wonder do other elements of the Belgian society and there -- some guarded support for at least some aspects of the campaign at the very least a greater dialogue between Muslims and other aspects of the community there -- -- The critics of -- -- say this is just meant to shock this is not meant to encourage any kind of discussion.

It also might be meant to help these sagging political fortunes of the -- party.

While it what it will certainly do is get people to talk -- hopefully for those involved.

That's where it will end the actual campaign launches -- 6 who haven't really even begun -- we will watch that Greg -- thanks reporting on that problem.