Source: ‘Won’t cover myself up:’ Le Pen refuses headscarf, cancels on Lebanese Grand Mufti — RT News
RT News
Le Pen was scheduled to meet Sheikh Abdellatif Deriane, the Grand Mufti of Lebanon, in his office in Beirut on Tuesday.
After arriving, Le Pen was asked to wear a headscarf, but refused. According to AFP, Le Pen was given a veil by Mufti’s aides.
“You can pass on my respects to the Grand Mufti, but I will not cover myself up,” Le Pen told reporters.
The Grand Mufti’s press office said that Le Pen had been informed beforehand of their requirement, Reuters reports.
The stunt still produced some praise on social media.
“Well done! You shouldn’t mix politics and religion,” one person wrote on Twitter.
Others wrote that it was just a “show” and she ought “to adapt” to the country which she was visiting.
“She had been warned, so it’s just a show! Pitiful!” wrote one person, while another added: “It is all an ‘art’ of politics.”
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I don’t care if “it’s just a show” because we already all know all of it is all a show anyway. It was more than a show, though, it was a demonstration, a rebellion, direct shot across the bows of that sick, paternalistic, misogynistic Islamic system. Way to go, Marine LePen! I wonder if I still have my French voting rights… hmmmm… I’ll have to ask my bro, Michel about that. I may make one exception to a 45 year hiatus from voting and cast one protest vote for Marine. It’ll mean a drive down to the French embassy in Vancouver, but I can handle that. Or maybe it can be done on-line these days.
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