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| France refuses citizenship to veiled Muslim woman |
| 2008-07-12 |
| France has denied citizenship to a veiled Moroccan woman on the grounds that her "radical" practice of Islam is incompatible with basic French values such as equality of the sexes, a legal ruling showed on Friday. Le Monde newspaper said it was the first time a Muslim applicant had been rejected for reasons to do with personal religious practice. "She has adopted a radical practice of her religion, incompatible with essential values of the French community, particularly the principle of equality of the sexes," said a ruling by the Council of State handed down last month and sent to Reuters on Friday to confirm a report in Le Monde. Married to a French national, the woman arrived in France in 2000, speaks good French and has three children born in France. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 speaks good French Heyyyy, I'm doing good. How you doin'? |
| Posted by: Tony Soprano 2008-07-12 16:25 |
| #6 They only refused to grant the woman citizenship, not residency. Can she appeal to higher court after the Council of State has ruled in the case? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-12 14:59 |
| #5 Well she's still a 'refugee' |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-07-12 13:12 |
| #4 Is it possible the French are beginning to see the true nature of the beast, or is this simply a bone being thrown to the dogs?? |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2008-07-12 13:11 |
| #3 So why is she in the country at all? |
| Posted by: pacifici_waters 2008-07-12 09:12 |
| #2 OK, the lab version works---now get it into mass production. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-07-12 06:30 |
| #1 good, now "get out" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-07-12 00:08 |