The Europeans love to lecture us for the supposed human-rights violation of punishing murderers sufficiently for the crimes they have committed, but a trial under way in France threatens one of the most fundamental of genuine human rights, freedom of speech.
Marine Le Pen is on trial for making a speech. What did she say? Henry Samuel has this article in the London Telegraph. In 2010, Ms. Le Pen had this to say about mass prayer sessions being held by Muslims in the streets at the time:
Marine Le Pen is on trial for making a speech. What did she say? Henry Samuel has this article in the London Telegraph. In 2010, Ms. Le Pen had this to say about mass prayer sessions being held by Muslims in the streets at the time:
"I'm sorry, but for those who really like to talk about the Second World War, if we're talking about occupation, we could talk about that (street prayers), because that is clearly an occupation of the territory," she said during the meeting.Poorly chosen words? Sure. A crime? Not in any country that understands what liberty is all about.
"It is an occupation of sections of the territory, of neighbourhoods in which religious law applies, it is an occupation. There are no tanks, there are no soldiers, but it is an occupation anyhow, and it weighs on people."
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