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    Veiled women protest against exclusion

    by  • May 22, 2013 • France, Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa, Issues in Politics

    Liberation Veiled Muslim women protested on Saturday in Central Paris against the exclusion of mothers who wear veils (hijab) from public institutions. The Muslim women joint together with the ‘Mamans toutes égales’ (Mothers are all equal) collective, which was founded in 2011 by Muslim and non-Muslim parents in Montreuil, following the exclusion of a...

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    Racist graffiti sprayed on mosque

    by  • May 22, 2013 • Discrimination and Xenophobia, France

    Le Figaro 15.05.2013 The Regional Council of the Muslim Faith of Alsace announced the discovery of racist inscriptions and a Christian cross on the wall of a mosque under construction. The racist graffiti, which reads ‘French for the French and ‘100% pork’, was discovered by a mosque member in Illzach, Alsace, and is suspected...

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