Fwance is cooked
by sheikyermami on October 12, 2007
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – A French court on Tuesday fined a guesthouse owner who refused to give a room to a woman wearing a Muslim headscarf unless she removed it in common areas.
Found guilty of religious discrimination, Yvette Truchelut, 54, was handed a suspended four month prison sentence and fined 1,000 euros ($1409). She will have to pay a total of 7,400 euros to the plaintiff and rights groups that brought the action.
Horia Demiati, who is of Moroccan origin, came to the guesthouse in eastern France in August 2006 with her mother, who was also wearing a headscarf, and other members of her family.
She chose to leave the guesthouse rather than comply with the guesthouse owner’s demand. Truchelut defended herself during hearings last week by citing her views on secularism.
France in 2004 passed a law banning religious garb, notably Muslim headscarves, from state schools. The move sparked a vigorous public debate on integrating immigrants and the right of religious expression.
Since then, President Nicolas Sarkozy has further stoked the debate with the creation of a new ministry for immigration and national identity which critics say risks reinforcing racial prejudice by twinning the two issues.
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I am not sure wearing a head scarf should be banned in public, for what ever reason. But, face masks should be banned and if not removed the person should be arrested and face court. Allowing people to walk about our street with maked faces should not be allowed for what ever reason. And to allow them to travel in and out of the country like masked bandits shows how stupid we have become. Bandages covering a face should be allowed for medical reasons.
Hey, things are getting better in France-hardly a riot and Ramadamadingdong’s just about over.
Terrible what passes for progress regarding Islamania these days.
* new ministry for immigration and national identity which critics say risks reinforcing racial prejudice by twinning the two issues.
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