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Brigitte Bardot on Trial for Using Muslim Slur

by René | April 16, 2008 at 10:20 am

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Former French movie star Brigitte Bardot went on trial Tuesday in Paris on charges of "inciting racial hatred" by using a Muslim slur.

Prosecutors asked the court to give the former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her $23,760 for saying Muslims were "destroying our country and imposing its acts," according to Reuters.

"I am a little tired of prosecuting Mrs. Bardot," Prosecutor Anne de Fontette told the court.

This is the fifth such trial for the blonde, best known for her films of the 1950s and '60s. She has been fined four times for inciting racial hatred.

"I am fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its acts," Bardot said, according to Reuters.

Anti-racist groups had complained about comments the star had made about the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, which requires the slaughtering of a sheep or other animal. Bardot is a prominent animal rights activist.

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PEP

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at 10:24 on April 16th, 2008

René, I like this story. It's good stuff.

René

at 10:35 on April 16th, 2008

Thanks, Pep, Miss Bardot is very brave to continue to speak out on these issues.

René

at 10:38 on April 16th, 2008

Thanks, Pep, Miss Bardot is very brave to continue to speak out on these issues.

PEP

at 10:50 on April 16th, 2008

Yes.

However, notice that when the other side of this dispute lambasts Christians, the country they're in, the laws, the cultures, the people and even call for jihad and destruction, it's perfectly OK?

Some of them need to be hauled into court too. Oh wait! Then they'd yell for Sharia law, or something else.