18 August 2014

Rant over veiled Muslim on beach sparks furore

A French politician was so upset after seeing a Muslim woman sitting on a French beach fully clothed and in a headscarf that she decided to take a picture and write a provocative opinion piece on Facebook.

In her rant former minister Nadine Morano, from the UMP party, said Muslims should go elsewhere if they don’t want to integrate.

The former French deputy used a picture of former sex icon Brigitte Bardot alongside that of the veiled woman on the beach to make her point that France has a proud history of women being free to dress how they wish. [The Local] Read more