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| Little Mermaid gets a burqa cover-up |
| 2004-12-17 |
| Copenhagen. Denmark's best-known tourist attraction, the Little Mermaid statue, was given a traditional Muslim robe on Thursday in apparent protest over Turkey's possible EU membership. "Turkey in the EU?" read a sign hung around the statue, covered from head to foot in the black burqa worn by many devout Muslim women, Danish broadcaster DR News reported. In Denmark, 49 per cent are against opening talks with the mainly Muslim state, according to a Gallup opinion poll. The bronze statue of a naked mermaid sitting on a rock on the seafront in Copenhagen is based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale. No one has claimed responsibility for the burqa protest. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Shouldn't that be "black burqa worn by many oppressed, abused |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-12-17 8:01:57 PM |
| #1 Heh, 49% don't even want to talk to them. I understand. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-17 7:37:25 PM |