{"id":292632,"date":"2016-08-24T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=292632"},"modified":"2021-01-16T13:39:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T18:39:37","slug":"muslim-frenchwoman-fined-for-veil-on-cannes-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ko\/muslim-frenchwoman-fined-for-veil-on-cannes-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Frenchwoman \u2018fined for veil on Cannes beach\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Boycott tourism in France as long as, like in Iran, there is clothing police.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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A Muslim Frenchwoman says she was fined and faced racial abuse for wearing a hair-covering veil on a Cannes beach.<\/p>\n

The woman, a Toulouse native named only as Siam, was strolling on the beach while on holiday with her two children.<\/p>\n

She said she was told by three police officers that her clothing was “not correct”. Meanwhile, she says, a crowd gathered, some shouting: “Go home!”<\/p>\n

The Cannes mayor earlier this month\u00a0banned full-body swimsuits known as “burkinis” from the beach.<\/p>\n

David Lisnard said they were a “symbol of Islamic extremism” and might spark scuffles, as France is the target of Islamist attacks.<\/p>\n

The working of his ruling suggests it could be applied to any “beachwear which ostentatiously displays religious affiliation”.<\/p>\n

‘Dipping my feet’
\nIn this case, Siam, 34, says she was wearing not a burkini but a hijab covering only her hair, along with leggings and a tunic.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t intending on bathing, just dipping my feet in the water,” Siam\u00a0told L’Obs news website (in French).<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

She refused, and was fined \u20ac11 (\u00a39.45; $12.45) – a fine which, reports suggest, she will contest.<\/p>\n

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!”<\/p>\n

This account was confirmed by a journalist who also came across the scene.<\/p>\n

“Racist speech was completely unleashed,” Siam said. “I was stunned.”<\/p>\n

“Because of people who have nothing to do with my religion have killed, I no longer have the right to go to the beach!”<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

“Today we are forbidden from the beach. Tomorrow, the street?”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“If this woman believes she has been unjustly booked, which unfortunately can still happen, she must contest it,” he said.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-37168192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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