Berets only! French far-right leader demands ban on Muslim, Jewish headwear

Published time: September 21, 2012 15:45
Edited time: September 21, 2012 19:46
French Education Minister Francois Fillon (2nd L), helps Chief Rabbi of France Joseph Sitruk (L) as they attend a ceremony with Cardinal of Paris Jean-Marie Lustiger (2nd R) and President of the French National Muslim Council Dalil Boubakeur (R) near the Jewish cemetery of Herrlisheim, Eastern France. (Reuters/Vincent Kessler)

France’s far-right leader and former presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has called for a ban on wearing Muslim veils and Jewish skullcaps in public, leading to fears of an increase in religious tensions sparked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

In an interview with French daily Le Monde, the former presidential hopeful said she would ban religious headgear “in stores, on public transport and on the streets,” as well as banning Halal and Kosher foods from schools.

She accused the past and present French governments of being far too lax with political and religious fundamental groups, saying that the country should restore law and order around housing projects, to “gain the upper hand.”

President Francois Hollande denounced Le Pen’s comments, saying "Everything that tears people apart, opposes them and divides them is inappropriate and we must apply the rules, the only rules that we know – the rules of the Republic and secularism."

Muslims in France were outraged after satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo put a new print run of the cartoons featuring a naked Mohammed on newsstands.

The drawings have added fuel to the fire over an anti-Islam film made in California that has provoked violent protests in dozens of Muslim countries, including attacks on US and other Western embassies, the killing of the US envoy to Libya and a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

As a precaution, French embassies, schools and cultural centers in some 20 Muslim countries were closed on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer.

The government has also banned any form of protests by activist groups, and police were on high alert in the capital, Paris.

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Canary (unregistered) 22.09.2012 16:36

Vlada (unregistered) posted: "The Islamic component of the French society and influental Jewish minority with its antinationalistic/an tireligious teachings will finaly disintegrate France as we once knew it. In practice, it is only anti-nationalism for French individuals and anti-christianity for the Frenchmen, but Jews stick to their religion, and French Musllims also. French population is steadilly becoming a minority in its own country and will finaly loose it forever! My opinion is that Frenchmen have fully deserved such a destiny as suppressed patriotism and extinguished religious feelings led them to support Muslims in Bosnia against Serbs from Bosnia, and Kosovo Albanian Muslims against Serbs in Serbia. Albanians have devastated ancient Christian (Serbian) monasteries in Kosovo with a full support of France. I guess France got what it had deserved - its own Muslim story. The whole France will soon become Kosovo! What goes around comes around. " _____________ __________ France was absorbed into the antichrist jew/nwo when atheists and freemasons destroyed France by patterning the French revolution and secular government after the USA. The USA has conspired to destroy all Christian monarchies via war and revolution, including Holy Russia.

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Canary (unregistered) 22.09.2012 16:22

Pitiful... just pitiful. I'm ashamed to be living in such a cowardly time as this. France should be banning the non-ethnic French... not just the clothing.

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Vlada (unregistered) 22.09.2012 01:10

The Islamic component of the French society and influental Jewish minority with its antinationalistic/an tireligious teachings will finaly disintegrate France as we once knew it. In practice, it is only anti-nationalism for French individuals and anti-christianity for the Frenchmen, but Jews stick to their religion, and French Musllims also. French population is steadilly becoming a minority in its own country and will finaly loose it forever!

My opinion is that Frenchmen have fully deserved such a destiny as suppressed patriotism and extinguished religious feelings led them to support Muslims in Bosnia against Serbs from Bosnia, and Kosovo Albanian Muslims against Serbs in Serbia. Albanians have devastated ancient Christian (Serbian) monasteries in Kosovo with a full support of France. I guess France got what it had deserved - its own Muslim story. The whole France will soon become Kosovo! What goes around comes around.

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