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France : Muslim fashion
parade banned in France
A Paris suburb has banned two fashion
shows featuring veiled Muslim women, saying the events could disrupt
public order.
In an official order, authorities barred ‘Ready-to-wear for Muslim
women’ from being staged twice in Montreuil-sous-Bois.
The order said the catwalk shows were banned as they aimed to
‘show the fashion relevance of items of clothing
such as the hijab and the burqa’, ‘trivialize the wearing of the Islamic
headscarf’ and were closed to men.
"A serious disruption to public order could result," it said.
Officials said the town, led by Communist-linked mayor Jean-Pierre
Brard, made the decision after complaints from several pro-secularism
associations.
5th October 2004
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