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Old 05-18-2010, 09:56 AM   #1
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France has first 'burka rage' incident
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A 26-year-old Muslim convert was walking through the store in Trignac, near Nantes, in the western Loire-Atlantique region, when she overhead the woman lawyer making "snide remarks about her black burka". A police officer close to the case said: "The lawyer said she was not happy seeing a fellow shopper wearing a veil and wanted the ban introduced as soon as possible."

At one point the lawyer, who was out with her daughter, is said to have likened the Muslim woman to Belphegor, a horror demon character well known to French TV viewers. Belphegor is said to haunt the Louvre museum in Paris and frequently covers up his hideous features using a mask.

An argument started before the older woman is said to have ripped the other woman's veil off. As they came to blows, the lawyer's daughter joined in.

"The shop manager and the husband of the Muslim woman moved to break up the fighting," the officer said. All three were arrested and taken to the local gendarmerie for questioning.
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Maybe this should be in the weird news thread.
We all knew it had to start somewhere. Both sides will try to score points with this incident.
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Old 05-19-2010, 04:17 PM   #2
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France has first 'burka rage' incident

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Maybe this should be in the weird news thread.
We all knew it had to start somewhere. Both sides will try to score points with this incident.
So the old bag of an attorney insults the woman wearing a burkha....and subsequently rips its off.

You see points on both sides here for the rage expressed on one side?
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Old 05-19-2010, 06:59 PM   #3
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So the old bag of an attorney insults the woman wearing a burkha....and subsequently rips its off.
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