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posted by janrinok on Sunday August 14 2016, @02:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the beer,-bacon-and-bikinis dept.

Halal Supermarket in France Told to Sell Pork and Alcohol or Face Closure

A halal supermarket in France has been ordered to start selling pork and alcohol or face being shut down.

Good Price discount store in north-west Paris has been accused of breaching the conditions of its lease by not acting as a general food store, the local housing authority has claimed.

It argues that the local community in Colombes are not being served properly at the shop if no pork or alcohol products are sold there.

[...] The shop is allegedly prioritising a certain group within society which breaches the country's principles, the authority said.

Source: Metro

Cannes Bans "Burkinis" Over Suspected Link to Radical Islamism

The mayor of Cannes in southern France has banned full-body swimsuits known as "burkinis" from the beach, citing public order concerns.

David Lisnard said they are a "symbol of Islamic extremism" and might spark scuffles, as France is the target of Islamist attacks.

France is on high alert following a series of incidents including July's truck attack in nearby Nice.

Anyone caught flouting the new rule could face a fine of €38 (£33). They will first be asked to change into another swimming costume or leave the beach.

Source: BBC News


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Arik on Sunday August 14 2016, @12:13PM

    by Arik (4543) on Sunday August 14 2016, @12:13PM (#387827) Journal

    "I wonder if I can get Christian bookstores to stock so softcore porn with the same arguments?"

    How graceful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies. Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus. Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses. How fair and pleasant you are, O loved one, delectable maiden! You are stately as a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its branches. Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples, and your kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly, gliding over lips and teeth. I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me. Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields, and lodge in the villages; let us go out early to the vineyards, and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Sunday August 14 2016, @03:38PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Sunday August 14 2016, @03:38PM (#387872) Journal

    That put me in mind of a scene in Oscar Wilde's Salome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMO4Qi4AFhc [youtube.com] at 26:36 though to be fair, Wilde's is more porny.

    • (Score: 2) by Arik on Sunday August 14 2016, @04:07PM

      by Arik (4543) on Sunday August 14 2016, @04:07PM (#387877) Journal
      "The Song of Solomon is nothing, really, but a poem about extravagant lovemaking, male and female oral sex, yearning and searching and hiding and finding, all between two unmarried people, one dark-skinned, and one light."  - Anna Madsen, Theologian.
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