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Posted on 04/15/2008 10:45:29 AM PDT by forkinsocket
PARIS (Reuters) - French former film star Brigitte Bardot went on trial on Tuesday for insulting Muslims, the fifth time she has faced the charge of "inciting racial hatred" over her controversial remarks about Islam and its followers.
Prosecutors asked that the Paris court hand the 73-year-old former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her 15,000 euros ($23,760) for saying the Muslim community was "destroying our country and imposing its acts."
Since retiring from the film industry in the 1970s, Bardot has become a prominent animal rights activist but she has also courted controversy by denouncing Muslim traditions and immigration from predominantly Muslim countries.
She has been fined four times for inciting racial hatred since 1997, at first 1,500 euros and most recently 5,000.
Prosecutor Anne de Fontette told the court she was seeking a tougher sentence than usual, adding: "I am a little tired of prosecuting Mrs Bardot."
Bardot did not attend the trial because she said she was physically unable to. The verdict is expected in several weeks.
French anti-racist groups complained last year about comments Bardot made about the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in a letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy that was later published by her foundation.
Muslims traditionally mark Eid al-Adha by slaughtering a sheep or another animal to commemorate the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son on God's orders.
France is home to 5 million Muslims, Europe's largest Muslim community, making up 8 percent of France's population.
"I am fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its acts," the star of 'And God created woman' and 'Contempt' said.
Bardot has previously said France is being invaded by sheep-slaughtering Muslims and published a book attacking gays, immigrants and the unemployed, in which she also lamented the "Islamisation of France."
So.....bottom line is you can go to prison and get a $24,000 dollar fine in France for not being P.C.? Holy crap!...France bites the big one! If Free Republic was in France, we all would be in chains!
Looks good for 73!
Not Guilty!
What would President Obama say and do?
So stop. You'll feel better.
“YOU’LL GET A WHOLE LOT MORE TIRED OF SHARIA LAW, YOU DIMWIT!................”
The one thing I fear is that many like minded (no-minded) socialists WOULDN’T mind it at all! They’d be the first to convert to this cult.
Sad.
Not much -- he might use "the wrong syntax" or get "taken out of context" or get taken "the wrong way" or ........ any number of ways he's used to try to get out of his remarks! LOL!
Seeing as this is a court case:
“Bridgett Bardot, Bridgett Bardot, Bridgett Bardot...”
“Excuse me - why are you saying Bridgett Bardot?”
“Well, anything I say will be held against me!”
(Oh, and thanks for posting her photo from years gone by!)
Then don't.
Brigitte Bardot = The New Charlemagne
Too bad the French won’t heed her.
They have a LOT IN COMMON!..................
“Looks good for 73!”
Trust me, that is a VERY old photo. I saw one of her recently and she looks very bad. It’s sad to see her that way. I hope no one posts a current pic of her. Let’s just remember her from the old days.
Thought police. Coming to a town near you.
I wonder how many imams France prosecutes for “inciting racial hatred” or whatever.
Prosecute the clueless prosecutors and award beautiful Brigitte the Croix de guerre.
Not to mention what she looks like isn’t the point, it’s what she is saying, which is dead-on correct.
Think about this:
Is there ANY freedom, not connected to sexual behavior, that they actually support?
NO.
On another note, if the Islamists punish this woman, perhaps that’ll make the rest of the frogs wake the f’ up!
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