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Frenchwoman 'fined for veil on Cannes beach' told "go home" "Here, we are Catholic!"

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In this case, Siam, 34, says she was wearing not a burkini but a hijab covering only her hair, along with leggings and a tunic.

"I wasn't intending on bathing, just dipping my feet in the water," Siam told L'Obs news website (in French).
Approached by the police officers, Siam says they asked her whether she was aware of the order in force in Cannes, and she said she had not followed it closely.

She says she was then told that beach users had to wear "proper dress". The officers suggested she could remain on the beach if she rearranged her scarf as a headband around the head.

She refused, and was fined €11 (£9.45; $12.45) - a fine which, reports suggest, she will contest.

Siam says that by this point a crowd had gathered, and although some defended her, others began applauding the police, telling her to "go home" and saying "Here, we are Catholic!"

This account was confirmed by a journalist who also came across the scene.

"Racist speech was completely unleashed," Siam said. "I was stunned."

"Because of people who have nothing to do with my religion have killed, I no longer have the right to go to the beach!"

Siam said she thought hard before going public about the incident, which happened on 16 August, but "could not let it go in our country".

"Today we are forbidden from the beach. Tomorrow, the street?"

Approached for comment by AFP news agency, Mayor Lisnard insisted women wearing a "simple veil" should not be booked by police, but said he had no reason to believe the fine had been imposed improperly.

"If this woman believes she has been unjustly booked, which unfortunately can still happen, she must contest it," he said.
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Fine me if old.

Unfortunately there is no picture, so I can't confirm if she was wearing any "beachwear which ostentatiously displays religious affiliation".
 
"Today we are forbidden from the beach. Tomorrow, the street?"

People always scoff that this could ever be such a reality in a first world western country.

Its easy to undo progress. Far easier than re-establishing.
 
"go home"...fuck those people, who think that just because they slithered out of a vagina on a certain country's soil they're entitled to say whatever they want. In fact, anyone who is native and is caught saying stupid racist shit should be subjected to a citizenship test immediately, let's see how well they do.
 
This is what happens when you legalize discrimination. If France thought there was any other outcome to that horrendous law they were fucking fooling themselves.
 
I just had a technical question, let's say you have tattooed a cross on your body, which is a religious sign, does the new law that says "beachwear which ostentatiously displays religious affiliation" means that's okay cause you are not wearing it or should you cover it? But then again, I guess a majority of people with a cross tattoo might not be Christians? But then again, whenever I see people with cross tattoos I think: oh, a christian. So does this new law basically mean that you should not wear anything that shows you have a religion?

Personally, I find this incident somewhat funny, but still if it is not brought to attention and goes unchecked, might lead to, just as she said, an eventual public ban.
 
Alpha Centauri said:
not very Catholic of them :(
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Vilix said:
This. As a Catholic this is shameful. Apparently these folks don't know the Bible's teaching. Not pick and choose what they want.
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I fail to see the correlation the rules on which commandments to follow and which not are very loose and each individual might have drawn their own conclusion from the bible and the social circle that taught them.

But I generally think the worst of catholicism despite or maybe because growing up as one and technically still being one.
 
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four policemen to make sure this women shows skin! Good job France!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...front-French-woman-wearing-burkini-on-a-beach
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From the other thread; they brought in a whole squad to harass the woman.
 
Not really shocking, reminds me of the post Brexit attitudes that hit Britain.

orochi91 said:
From the other thread; they brought in a whole squad to harass the woman.
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Absolutely disgusting, Good job Cannes Mayor showing how much of a pillock you are, harassing old ladies because TERRORISM!
 
TemplaerDude said:
This is what happens when you legalize discrimination. If France thought there was any other outcome to that horrendous law they were fucking fooling themselves.
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Spot on. Seriously, the mayor endorsed and encouraged this form of ignorance when he passed a law on the grounds that your a danger and an extremist for not wearing what he wants. What did he think would happen? The children of this poor women will see that they're being picked on for no reason at all, how on earth can you feel part of society when laws are created to discriminate against you. The story says she challenging the fine, good on her, hope she gets justice.
 
orochi91 said:
From the other thread; they brought in a whole squad to harass the woman.
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First 5 comments from the website you linked:

The local authorities are rightly worried that if more and more of this burkinis appear on the beach than it will slowly drive the tourists away.
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WELL DONE FRANCE ....WHEN YOU GO TO THEIR MUSLIM COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR RULES AND LAWS...... FRANCE IS NOW TAKING BACK CONTROL OF THEIR COUNTRY, TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS AND I FOR ONE GIVE THEM MY 100% SUPPORT IN DOING THAT !!!
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Again, Muslims brake the law and play the victim. Muslims should be treated as bad as Christians are in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan e.t.c. Christians are only aloud in SA if they're workers and are not even aloud to have religious symbols unless it's Islam, no churches are aloud. Could you imagine what they would say if Christian countries did that to Muslims.
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Halt! It is the fashion police.They should march them off and force them into a string micro bikini and send them out on the beach again.
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No different to women having to cover their head in ISLAMIC countries.
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It's a question of respect and the MUSLIMS only want it one way.
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I am not a burqini specialist, but what she is wearing does look like a burkini though. But then again, most of what Muslim women wear that are Islamic look like a burkini to me.

Regiruler said:
For a second when reading the thread title I thought the woman being removed was a Catholic nun.

Jesus, what on Earth...
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Haha, I intentionally removed the Muslim from the first, for the kicks [but in the end I had run out of space for the title]
 
WELL DONE FRANCE ....WHEN YOU GO TO THEIR MUSLIM COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR RULES AND LAWS
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My mother argued similarly and she genuinely has done so every single time we went to the middle east, probably close to a dozen times, and I had to remind her that those countries aren't particularly exemplary in that aspect and that we as a society should try and be better than a less developed/progressive country.
 
Familienoberhauptvogel said:
My mother argued similarly and she genuinely has done so every single time we went to the middle east, probably close to a dozen times, and I had to remind her that those countries aren't particularly exemplary in that aspect and that we as a society should try and be better than a less developed/progressive country.
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Yeah, its a weak argument as it assumes all muslims are from Mideast and not native to the western land and it makes the failure in assuming that the laws in Mideast is the laws that muslims follow. The mideast has nothing to do with laws here and equality is a defining principle we in the west enforce, or at least try to (apart from Cannes).
 
Worth pointing out that what the woman in the OP article was wearing is 100% compliant with the new ordinance and she was harassed by the police anyway.
 
That's pathetic. How on earth hasn't this racist law been abolished by the Justice Minister or the high courts.
 
Well. This is getting way out of hand. This, in my eyes, is clear discrimination. Something that should not happen in ANY developed country, much less one that prides itself on being as secular.

Not a good look France, not a good look at all.
 
Well, the idea behind the anti-burkini ordinance is to prevent men from forcing women on what they wear, so obviously the best way to enforce it is to have some men force women on what they wear. It's perfectly reasonable and not bigoted at all.
 
Familienoberhauptvogel said:
My mother argued similarly and she genuinely has done so every single time we went to the middle east, probably close to a dozen times, and I had to remind her that those countries aren't particularly exemplary in that aspect and that we as a society should try and be better than a less developed/progressive country.
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This.

Saudi Arabia is not a country to emulate
 
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