entertainment">In her book she compares all women in a burqa with penguins and calls headscarves ‘not normal, damn it, with your burqa’. Erica Meiland also states that Islam ‘brings a lot of misery’ and that she wants to stop this.
entertainment">The statements are reason for Hallmark to no longer sell cards and bouquets with well-known statements by the Meilandjes. The planned new wine collection of the family is also cancelled. “These statements do not align with some of our core values that are essential to Hallmark in our mission to connect people and strengthen relationships,” the producer said in a statement.
entertainment">Meiland’s comments have already been criticized from many quarters. Nasrdin Dchar invited the family to his three-part theater performance about his life and family ‘so that they can get rid of their Islamophobia’, but the Meilandjes did not accept the invitation.
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