Second picture with ofical agreement of Miriam Shaded

Miriam Shaded (born 29 June 1986, in Warsaw) is a Polish entrepreneur, human rights activist and critic of

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. She is the founder and president of the

Estera Foundation The Estera Foundation ( pl, Fundacja Estera) was created by Miriam Shaded Miriam Shaded (born 29 June 1986, in Warsaw) is a Polish entrepreneur, human rights activist and critic of Islam. She is the founder and president of the Estera Foundatio ...

tasked with bringing Christian refugees from Syria to Poland. Shaded was born into a Polish-Syrian family in Warsaw as the youngest of seven siblings. Her mother is Polish. Her father, Moner Shaded, was born in Syria. He is a pastor of a

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in Warsaw. Shaded studied evangelical theology and works in IT projects. She took part in the beauty contest "Miss Egzotica 2015", although she had to leave before the finale. The parting statement from Miss Egzotica indicated that her divisive attitude towards other people was against the principles of the pageant. On the other hand, Shaded stated that this participation was only a couple of meetings, after which she left due to bad treatment of the participants by the organizers. She further stated that the only goal of her taking part in the pageant was a search for a forum to bring an attention to the fate of Christian refugees ignored by the media and government, which can be corroborated by the videos of her in the pageant still available in the Internet."Powszechna metoda walki z "niewiernymi" w islamie – Takijja. Miriam Shaded"
(Miriam Shaded's reply to the article ""Fundacja Estera finansowana przez międzynarodowy syjonizm" ("Estera Foundation is Funded by International Zionism")), ''Wolna Polska'', April 9, 2016 In 2015, Shaded took part in the elections to the Sejm (Polish parliament) as a candidate from the list of the party KORWiN. She received 3644 votes in the electoral district number 19 of the Republic of Poland. This was the second-best result in the party behind Janusz Korwin-Mikke, but both failed to enter the Sejm. She promotes the intensification of help towards persecuted Christians in the Middle East and all over the world. For this purpose, she started a YouTube channel in early 2016 on which all her appearances and discussions are being translated into German and English. Miriam Shaded was interviewed by many Polish and international newspapers, magazines and platforms (in some of which she appeared on the front cover) such as Wprost, ThePostOnline, JungeFreiheit, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita, DoRzeczy, The Yomiuri Shimbun, TVN, Superstacja, TBN, Euronews, TVP, ARD, BBC, Reuters, Fox News, TVRepublika, Deutsche Welle, Austria News, Washington Post, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel.

Criticism

Miriam Shaded appeared on the cover picture of the weekly magazine '' Wprost'' in 2016 (Nr. 10/2016 727 on an occasion of her interview where she calls to ban Islam in Poland "because it contradicts the Constitution of Poland by limiting the personal freedoms, and especially the freedoms of women under Islam."Tygodnik Wydanie: 10/2016 (1727). wprost.pl. 016-03-10

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaded, Miriam Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians Polish human rights activists Women human rights activists Polish people of Syrian descent Polish politicians Polish critics of Islam Anti-Islam sentiment in Poland