|
Woman fined for breaching veil ban to run for
French presidency
Friday September 23, 2011 06:28:43 AM,
IANS
|
|
Related Article |
|
 French women fined for breaching veil ban
Two French women who continue to wear the full-face
veil in defiance of a new law banning it in France have been fined
by the court Thursday. The court ruling on the
»
|
London:
A woman in France who defied the ban on wearing burqa Thursday
said she would stand against President Nicolas Sarkozy in the next
election.
Kenza Drider, 32, spoke of her candidacy Thursday after attending
a court hearing to support Hind Amas and Najate Nait Ali - who
became the first to be fined for the offence in France.
Amas, also 32, received a fine of 120 euros, while Nait Ali, 36,
received one of 80 euros, Daily Mail reported.
Both were arrested outside the town hall in the Paris suburb of
Meaux May 5 while carrying an almond cake to celebrate the
birthday of the local mayor, Jean-Francois Cope.
Drider will take on Sarkozy as an independent in next year's
general election, the Mail said.
|
|
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Top
Stories |
|
Thousands take to streets to support UN vote
for Palestinian state
Tens of thousands of people have
gathered in Ramallah and Nablus in the occupied West Bank »
Obama tries to dissuade but Palestinians firm
on statehood vote
UN Vote on Palestine State: US envoy 'threatens to
punish' PA
India to back resolution on UN membership to Palestine
|
|
|
|
Most
Read |
|
Tiger Pataudi dies after battling lung infection
India's cricket legend Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, known for his
swashbuckling style on and off the cricket field, died here
Thursday after battling a lung infection for about a month. He was
70. »
Tiger was a prince among cricketers
Tiger played with straight bat on and off the field
The prince and the showgirl - a love story ends
|
|
2G strikes back, heat on Chidambaram to quit
With Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh away in New York, the phone airwaves case
rocked the government again Thursday, this time over a
six-month-old note of the finance ministry that fell just short of
indicting Home Minister P. Chidambaram, sparking a war of words
between the Congress
»
|
|
|
|
News Pick |
|
 Delhi blast: NIA gets suspect's custody till Oct 5
The National Investigation Agency
(NIA) Thursday got till Oct 5 the custody of a man suspected
»
Don't speculate on arrests: police chief
|
|
French women fined for breaching veil ban
Two French women who continue to wear the full-face
veil in defiance of a new law banning it in France have been fined
by the court Thursday. The court ruling on the
»
|
|
Saudi TV channel to telecast Urdu news
The Channel Two of Saudi Arabian Television will
telecast news in Urdu language at 7 p.m. daily, beginning from
Friday, Suleiman Al-Hamoud, director of the channel said in a
statement on Wednesday. The Urdu news was
»
|
|
|
|
Picture of the Day |
|
 |
|
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in
United Nations listening to the speech of US President Barack
Obama September 21, 2001.
(Photo:
Reuters) |
|
|
|
|
Comments
|
Quick links