French Interior Minister tells police not to arrest Muslim women covering up near mosques

Daily Mail: April 4, 2011 Women wearing burkas in France will face fines – but the areas around mosques will be exempt Police in France have been warned not to arrest any women wearing Muslim veils ‘in or around’ mosques. The strict instructions, from Interior Minister Claude Guent, are contained in a nine page circular

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Neither Whores Nor Submissives (NPNS) Mobilizes Burqa Discussions outside of Paris

Journal du Dimanche – October 26, 2010 NPNS has launched its “Ambassadors of French Secularism and Equality” operation, designed to mobilize anti-burqa-law movements in the housing projects outside of Paris. The group is collaborating with Eric Besson, minister of immigration.

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Polygamy question in France continues, CFCM weighs in

A French Muslim threatened by the government with being stripped of his passport for practicing polygamy said he had only one wife and several mistresses. The case of Lies Hebbadj, an Algerian-born butcher who became a citizen when he married a French woman in 1999, has flared into a major political debate. The government, which

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French Immigration Minister denies conversion to Islam

French Immigration Minister Eric Besson has denied converting to Islam. Rumors began when Besson began sharing his private life with a young Tunisian woman. Some journalists suggested conversion would be necessary should he want to marry Wassila Bourguiba.

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Citizenship in France refused because of full Islamic face-veil

The French government has refused to grant citizenship to a foreign national on the grounds that he forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil. The Moroccan-born man needed citizenship to settle in the country with his French wife. Immigration Minister Eric Besson said this was being refused because he was depriving his wife

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