AppId is over the quota
By Youssef Sourgo
Morocco World News
Casablanca, July 13, 2013
Ten days after celebrating their marriage, two French soldiers of Moroccan and Algerian origins, were the target of a far-right newspaper, which exploited their wedding to repose the issue of immigration in France.After Sofiane Ben Ahmed et Yamina El Attari’s wedding took place in Orange (Vaucluse, France) last June 22, the far-right French newspaper, Minute, published an article with the couple’s picture and titled it “The Wedding that Shames France.”According to many sources, the article derogatorily described the couple’s union, initially attacking the ceremony as a whole, and then moving on to depict the couple in unpleasant light. The article also claimed that an anonymous individual lodged a complaint against Sofiane and Yamina with the chief law officer, in which he claimed that the invitees to the wedding causesd significant physical damage to their immediate entourage. It also described the wedding atmosphere as a “souk” (traditional market). The “Font de Gauche” and the departmental federation of MRAP (Movement against Racism and for Friendship among People) described the article published by daily French newspaper Minute as “a media lynching.”“It’s lamentable to see a 23 year-old young man’s reputation tarnished right after his marriage”, said Fabienne Haloui, city councilor and regional advisor in Vaucluse’s Font de Gauche, as quoted by the French newspaper Le Point. Sofiane lost one of his legs while he was serving in with French military in Mali, something the far-left newspaper Minute allegedly obscured in its exploitation of his wedding ceremony to retrigger a fuss about immigration in France. “Immigration is constitutive of the French Identity, Fabienne further argued. “It’s made up of Algerian, Belgian, Moroccan, and many other foreign identities,” she added. The young couple intends to lodge a complaint against the newspaper for “false statement and incitement of hatred,” according to Jean-Jacques Longuenesse, co-president of the MRAP federation.
By Youssef SourgoMorocco World NewsCasablanca, June 10, 2013From Ukraine, to Brazil, to Germany, to the U.S., to Canada, all the way to Tunisia, FEMEN seems to have recently settled in Turkey. “FEMEN wants to congratulate Turkish people with their first victory,” read a statement recently posted on FEMEN’s official Facebook page. The statement came attached to a picture depicting a group of Turkish girls with the Turkish flag painted on their nude breasts. Other recent posts on the same page featured incentive calls to action targeting Turkish young women. Seemingly, the statements are calling for support and solidarity with Tunisian FEMEN protesters who were detained by police officials for their controversial protest methods. “We ask you to help to organize militant pickets near the Embassy and Consulate of Tunisia in Istanbul and Ankara with the slogan FREE FEMEN,” reads a direct address to Turkish young women, posted on FEMEN’s official page. FEMEN’s international branches, including its proponents in Turkey, are expected to organize series of protests in Turkey in particular, and in many locations worldwide as it has been the case over the last couple of weeks. The expected Turkish protests in support of FEMEN’s cause and in reaction to the trial of four FEMEN activists scheduled on June 12 will apparently take place before the Embassy and Consulate of Tunisia in Istanbul and Ankara.© Morocco World News. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, rewritten or redistributed
