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Rant over veil on beach sparks furore in France
TheLocal.fr ^ | 18 Aug 2014 18:00 GMT+02:00 | Joshua Melvin

Posted on 08/18/2014 12:49:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A French politician was so upset after seeing a Muslim woman sitting on a French beach fully clothed and in a headscarf that she decided to take a picture and write a provocative opinion piece on Facebook.

In her rant former minister Nadine Morano, from the UMP party, said Muslims should go elsewhere if they don’t want to integrate.

The former French deputy used a picture of former sex icon Brigitte Bardot alongside that of the veiled woman on the beach to make her point that France has a proud history of women being free to dress how they wish. …

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: burka; eussr; france; rop
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To: Olog-hai

Is Nadine still alive?


21 posted on 08/18/2014 2:17:35 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: TexasGator

Because they want to be provocative while challenging the population to criticize their behavior.

Just looking for a fight.


22 posted on 08/18/2014 4:45:52 PM PDT by 353FMG
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