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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Marine Le Pen Faces Racism Charges


French Far Right Leader, Marine Le Pen, could face criminal charges for inciting racism.

The French authorities opened a case against Marine Le Pen in 2011 after she likened the sight of Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation of France.Le Pen made the remarks at a party rally in 2010 in the southern French town of Lyon.

As a European Parliament member (MEP), she enjoyed immunity from prosecution.
However, this protection was removed by a European parliamentary committee in a secret vote this week.

Note

A ban on saying prayers in the street, a practice by French Muslims unable to find space in mosques, has come into effect in the capital, Paris,France wef Sep 15,2011

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