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| Burka rage as female lawyer rips veil off Muslim woman in French clothes shop |
| 2010-05-18 |
| A 60-year-old female lawyer ripped a Muslim woman's Islamic veil off during a row in what French police described as the first known case of 'burqa rage'. The astonishing scene unfolded in a clothes shop in France when the pair came to blows before being arrested. The 26-year-old Muslim convert was walking through the store in Trignac, near Nantes, in the western Loire-Atlantique region, when she overhead the lawyer making 'snide remarks about her black burqa'. A police officer added: 'The lawyer said she was not happy seeing a fellow shopper wearing a veil and wanted the ban introduced as soon as possible.' At one point the lawyer, who was out with her daughter, is said to have likened the Muslim woman to Belphegor - a horror demon character well known to French television viewers. The lawyer's use of the name 'Belphegor' was particularly inflammatory, said police, because the demon was portrayed by classical writers as 'Hell's ambassador to France'. Belphegor, who hates human beings, is usually portrayed as a monstrous demon with horns and pointed nails, but frequently disguises himself. During a period in Paris, Belphegor was said to live with a group of vampires in the Louvre. A 'shouting argument' started in the store before the older woman is said to have ripped the other woman's veil off. As they came to blows on Saturday afternoon, the lawyer's daughter joined in, with the three women clashing. 'The shop manager and the husband of the Muslim woman moved to break up the fighting,' the police officer said. 'All three were arrested and taken to the local gendarmerie for questioning.' A spokesman for Trignac police said that 'two complaints had been received', with the Muslim woman accusing the lawyer of racial and religious assault. The latter, in turn, had accused her opponent of common assault. Police said the incident was still being investigated, and that charges could follow. Neither woman has yet been named. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 ‘The shop manager and the FIFY |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-18 20:19 |
| #2 racial and religous assault! bullshit I call the same charge on 99% of the muslims in the world today. The other 1% are deaf mutes |
| Posted by: chris 2010-05-18 18:23 |
| #1 This is actually a good sign. All cultures have "social sanctions", which are unwritten laws enforced by the man on the street. In France this likely means that a burqa is starting to be seen in the same light as if someone donned a t-shirt in the US, which said "I molest children and like it", and walked down a busy sidewalk. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-05-18 18:07 |