French Muslim couple use British taxpayer cash to fight burkha ban back home

Daily Mail ^ | 6/10/11

[markomalley]

British taxpayers are paying for a French Muslim couple to challenge their country's controversial burkha ban.

The unnamed husband and wife claim they were forced to move to Britain after the introduction of the law banning the burkha in public.

And they are using the freely accessible Britain's Immigration Advisory Service, which receives £15 million a year in taxpayers' cash, to try and overturn the law at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

They are claiming for £10,000 damages because they say the 'unnecessary, disproportionate and unlawful' ban breaches their right to free movement across the European Union.

[markomalley]

I remember back in the day when Europe was a largely Christian continent.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

There is a small silver lining; they’re only asking for £10,000 in damages. If this were happening here, it’d be more like £10,000,000,000,000.00 or something.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks markomalley.

[Doc Savage]

Shootem! Saudia Arabia would! if the shoe was on the other foot!

[the scotsman]

God, you must be old....lol