France: Shopkeeper gets three months, $3450 fine for asking woman to remove Islamic head covering
A French tobacconist in the commune of Albi has been handed down a three-month conditional sentence and a €3,000 fine after asking a Muslim woman wearing a chador to remove it from her head to identify herself.
With the aid of the “French Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) organisation,” the French tobacconist “Marie P” was prosecuted and sentenced, because it was determined that “Marie P” could indeed see the face of “Anais R” and thus didn’t need to ask her to remove her chador. The case reflects “yet another conflict between French secular values and the religious practices of Muslims,” and in the West today, tolerance goes only in one direction.
Compare what happened in this case with another recent instance in France:
Another major issue has been the practise of Muslims praying on city streets, often in protest. Last year in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Muslims were removed from a building where they had set up a mosque despite not owning or having a valid lease on the property. In protest, the Muslims decided to pray in the street instead.
Were these Muslims given three-month conditional sentences and forced to pay $3450 in fines?
“French Shopkeeper Prosecuted for Asking Woman To Remove Islamic Chador,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, May 27, 2018:
A French tobacconist in the commune of Albi has been handed down a three-month conditional sentence and a €3,000 fine after asking a Muslim woman wearing a chador to remove it from her head to identify herself.Tobacconist Marie P. requested that Muslim Anaïs R. remove the part of the chador covering her head claiming that the shop had a strict policy stating that no one was allowed wear a helmet or a hood in the shop, Le Figaro reports.“Since I’m new here, I thought I would do what she asked,” Anaïs R. said and added that she explained to the shopkeeper that due to the fact her face was visible she was not in violation of the French law banning the full-face Islamic veil, and that Marie P.’s request was against the law.Anaïs R. then picked up the package she was at the shop to collect and later brought charges of “discrimination on the grounds of religion and refusal of a good or service in a public place or to prohibit access,” against Marie P. with the aid of the French Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) organisation…..Another major issue has been the practise of Muslims praying on city streets, often in protest. Last year in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Muslims were removed from a building where they had set up a mosque despite not owning or having a valid lease on the property.In protest, the Muslims decided to pray in the street instead and were met with counter-protests late last year from members of the conservative Republican Party, who confronted the Muslims while loudly singing the French national anthem…….
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