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| France denies citizenship to Muslim man |
| 2010-07-10 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] A Moroccan man who refused to shake hands with a French female official and whose wife wears the full Islamic veil has been denied French citizenship, the immigration ministry said Friday. The man, who has been living in France since 1999 and married a French woman in 2004, failed to "assimilate into French society" and displayed a "discriminatory attitude toward women," said the ministry. He "refused to shake the hand of a female official whom he met at the state prefecture because it was 'against his religion'", said a statement. The man's wife wore the full veil and only agreed to uncover herself in a room where no men would be present, the statement added. The decision was announced a few days before the National Assembly is to vote on a bill banning the full-face Islamic veil as part of what the government has described as an effort to assert French values. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Good. Kick him and his whole family out. Get out. leave. leave now. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. And let that stand as a shining example to your brethren not to come also |
| Posted by: anon1 2010-07-10 20:37 |
| #2 I'd been more impressed if the French had deported the man and his entire family to Morocco. Someday, this invasion's gonna end... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2010-07-10 14:23 |
| #1 A man, her political opponent, not shaking her hand won Ann "silver foot in his mouth" Richards the governorship of Texas. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-10 11:48 |