Le Pen refuses headscarf, nixes talks with Lebanon cleric

Source: WAPO
Published: Feb 21, 2017
Author: By Andrea Rosa and Hussein Malla |
Post Date: 2017-02-21 11:59:37 by Gatlin
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     An aide of Lebanon’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, right, holds a head scarf as he tries to convince French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, center, to wear it during her meeting with the Mufti but she refused, at Dar al-Fatwa the headquarters of the Sunni Mufti, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Le Pen refused to go into a meeting with Lebanon’s Grand mufti after his aides asked her to wear a head scarf. Le Pen said she met in the past with the Grand mufti of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, one of the world’s top Sunni clerics, without wearing a veil. Once she was told it is different here, Le Pen walked toward her car and left. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)

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#1: Gatlin    To: All (#0)


Hillary Clinton wears hijab head scarf in meeting with Arafat.

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-21 12:00:16   Reply   Private Reply

#2: sneakypete    To: Gatlin (#0)

Once she was told it is different here, Le Pen walked toward her car and left.

Good for her! If she had agreed to put on the scarf,she would have been acknowledging his power and the power of Islam over her.

How ironic is it that the only European leader to show any balls with the fascist Muslims is a woman?

sneakypete posted on 2017-02-21 12:25:58   Reply   Private Reply

#3: sneakypete    To: Gatlin (#1)

Arafat is almost prettier than Bubbette! and Howdy Doody Jr.

sneakypete posted on 2017-02-21 12:26:59   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Gatlin    To: sneakypete (#2)

How ironic is it that the only European leader to show any balls with the fascist Muslims is a woman?

French far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen has vowed to give her country back control over its laws, currency and borders if elected president next year on an anti-EU, anti-immigration platform.

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-21 12:41:18   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Vicomte13    To: Gatlin (#4)

Politically a very cunning move by Le Pen. Agree to the meeting, ignore the headscarf requirement. The press assembles to record the meeting of the French "far right" leader and this important Muslim mufti. So when she refuses and turns around and walks out, it's a major media event.

Then she goes promptly to meet with the Maronite Christian leader.

She made her point and then some, and probably picked up 5% of the French vote in doing so.

Vicomte13 posted on 2017-02-21 12:59:18   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Gatlin    To: Vicomte13 (#5)

She is brazen, I would say almost like an echo of De Gaulle.

Gatlin posted on 2017-02-21 13:10:00   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Tooconservative    To: Gatlin (#6)

She is brazen, I would say almost like an echo of De Gaulle.

Even more so since Brexit and Trump's election night. She talks about both quite a lot.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-02-21 17:40:03   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Tooconservative    To: Gatlin, sneakypete, Vicomte13 (#0)

A telling meme via AoS. Hopefully it will show up for you guys.



And some other notables on this side of the pond.



Oops, forgot Manchelle:

Le Pen is looking pretty good by comparison.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-02-23 15:42:26   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Vicomte13    To: Tooconservative (#8)

Ha! Hahahaha! That's great! Vive Le Pen!

Vicomte13 posted on 2017-02-23 17:21:00   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Tooconservative    To: Vicomte13 (#9)

Trump's victory and Brexit really perked up Le Pen. She realizes she really could win.

It would help FN if the Misunderstood Yout's from the banlieu would start rioting again but I have the feeling they're going to behave themselves, at least until the election is over.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-02-23 20:41:55   Reply   Private Reply