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French rabbi told to remove kippa at polling station
ynet ^ | 3/30/15 | Tali Farkash

Posted on 03/31/2015 9:53:01 PM PDT by Nachum

The chief rabbi of the French city of Toulouse, Harold Avraham Weill, was ordered Sunday to remove his kippa inside a polling station before voting in the city's local elections. The demand was made by a polling clerk from the Left Front coalition, according to a report by Russian news site Russia Today.

France prohibits wearing religious symbols, such as crucifixes, Jewish skullcaps and Muslim headscarves, in state schools. However, the law does not apply in cases in which schools are used as polling stations during the Election Day. The incident on Sunday marked the first time the law was used to prevent a citizen from exercising his voting rights.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: french; kippa; polling; rabbi

1 posted on 03/31/2015 9:53:01 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Burkas will be allowed.


2 posted on 03/31/2015 9:57:09 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Nachum
chip chip ...

global annihilation of man's freedom by the betrayer ...

and he has willing operatives ...

which are our neighbors ..

we WILL be tested

3 posted on 03/31/2015 10:09:07 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: Nachum

Mulching for bureaucrats acting badly. There is a
draught, and flowers need to bloom again. Apologizing to the rabbi is
insufficient. Bureaucrat needs to be made an example of.


4 posted on 03/31/2015 10:13:25 PM PDT by BigEdLB (We're experienceing the rule of a Roman Emperor, Barack I)
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To: Veggie Todd

The burqa and niqab are both banned in France.


5 posted on 03/31/2015 10:39:54 PM PDT by stormer
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To: Nachum

Seems really stupid

Did the poll person think the law against religious stuff in public school.....a way to keep Islam out btw....was meant for non school functions like voting

Dumb


6 posted on 03/31/2015 10:46:05 PM PDT by wardaddy (Dems hate western civilization and GOP are cowards...We are headed to a dark place)
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To: Nachum

What is appropriate.....kippa or yarmulke?

When I worked in Israel and on 47th

I heard kippa used much more....It’s Hebrew right....

The Lubavitcher said yarmulke....the Satmar too

What a strange divergence of language

I like kippa better....flows better


7 posted on 03/31/2015 10:58:04 PM PDT by wardaddy (Dems hate western civilization and GOP are cowards...We are headed to a dark place)
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To: wardaddy

Either work well. It’s all good.


8 posted on 03/31/2015 10:58:39 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: wardaddy; Nachum

You speak of linguistic oddities.
Here is one to ponder.

Now I have no idea if there is a difference in the Arabic spelling...

But the word for a Moslem’s brimless cap...
~and~
the word for a lie told to an Infidel...
are homophones = “Taqiyah.”

So I guess you could say that lying is “on their minds” all the time.


9 posted on 03/31/2015 11:09:17 PM PDT by shibumi ("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
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To: Nachum

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10 posted on 03/31/2015 11:22:41 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass ("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
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