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Judge considers allowing burqa

by RAINman on 05. Aug, 2010 in General

News 24 – 5 August 2010
Perth – A Muslim witness in an Australian fraud trial has requested permission to wear an all-covering burqa in court, in a case that has sparked nationwide interest and comments from campaigning politicians.
District Court Judge Shauna Deane heard submissions on Thursday from lawyers on both sides about whether the 36-year-old [...]

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New claim links Sarkozy directly to scandal over l’Oréal money

by RAINman on 08. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links

President demands end to ’smears’ after accountant alleges he accepted envelopes
By John Lichfield in Paris
Independent - 7 July 201
The seemingly unstoppable wildfire of the L’Oréal family feud and political funding scandal threatened yesterday to engulf President Nicolas Sarkozy.
A former accountant for France’s wealthiest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, told investigators that she had made an illegal €150,000 [...]

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Nicolas Sarkozy’s cabinet approves bill to ban full Islamic veil

by RAINman on 20. May, 2010 in General

Despite warnings move could be anti-constitutional, French president gives it his full backing

Lizzy Davies     guardian.co.uk –  19 May 2010
Nicolas Sarkozy defended his ambition to impose a total ban on women wearing the full Islamic veil today, despite warnings that such a move could be anti-constitutional and socially incendiary.
As interior minister Michèle Alliot-Marie presented [...]

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Burka rage as female lawyer rips veil off Muslim woman in French clothes shop

by RAINman on 19. May, 2010 in General

By Peter Allen
Daily Mail -  18 May 2010
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’.

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French Muslims feel victimised amid veil ban row

by RAINman on 04. May, 2010 in General

Bullets fired at mosque, halal butcher amid ‘rise of racism and Islamophobia’ in France.
Middle East Online – 30 April 2010
PARIS – Muslims in France say the government’s plan to fine women for wearing the veil is one in a string of political ploys that stigmatise them and pander to anti-Islamic prejudice.

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A Jewish Voice against the ‘Burqa Ban’

by RAINman on 04. Mar, 2010 in Opinion

The need for the French government to treat religious minorities with respect is bolstered by its own history. Modern France would do well to follow its own admirable example and truly treat Muslim citizens as equal participants in society. Foregoing the burqa ban would be a sensible first step, notes Joshua M. Z. Stanton.

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France MPs’ report backs Muslim face veil ban

by RAINman on 28. Jan, 2010 in General

BBC   – 26 January 2010
VIDEO: Alyaa Ebbiary: ‘All the women I know wear it totally out of choice’
HERE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8480161.stm
A French parliamentary committee has recommended a partial ban on women wearing Islamic face veils.

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US accused of ‘occupying’ Haiti as troops flood in

by RAINman on 20. Jan, 2010 in General

France accused the US of “occupying” Haiti on Monday as thousands of American troops flooded into the country to take charge of aid efforts and security.

By Aislinn Laing, and Tom Leonard in Port-au-Prince.
Telegraph - 18 January 2010
The French minister in charge of humanitarian relief called on the UN to “clarify” the American role amid [...]

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A review of Benny Morris, “One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict,” By Professor Ran Greenstein

by RAINman on 19. May, 2009 in Opinion

Ran Greenstein is a Professor of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Occupation Magazine     17 May 2009
A review of Benny Morris, One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict (Yale University Press, 2009).
 
This book is a disgrace.
 
It is difficult to understand why a reputable publisher like Yale University Press [...]

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