Le Pen was scheduled to meet with Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, Lebanon’s top Sunni Muslim religious authority. Shortly after she arrived at his office Tuesday morning, one of his aides handed her out a white headscarf to put on. Following a discussion that lasted a few minutes, she refused and walked toward her car and left.
Shortly after the incident, Florian Philippot, the vice president of Le Pen’s Front National Party tweeted: “In Lebanon, Marine refuses to wear the veil. A beautiful message of freedom and emancipation sent to women in France and the world!”
French presidential candidate Le Pen refuses headscarf to meet Lebanon's religious leader https://t.co/R4pqiGoSy9
— 360MediaX (@360mediaX) February 21, 2017
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen cancels meeting in Lebanon after refusing to wear a headscarf https://t.co/eOOVjwmUnQ pic.twitter.com/l2wEBpwBE5
— CNN (@CNN) February 21, 2017
French far-right's Le Pen refuses to wear headscarf to meet Lebanon's Grand Mufti https://t.co/LMvEHaIX4v
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 21, 2017
Lohan: Was 'racially profiled' https://t.co/Plc1wanwLD
— 360MediaX (@360mediaX) February 21, 2017
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“It’s a no”: Marine Le Pen refused to wear a headscarf for a meeting with Lebanon’s grand mufti https://t.co/f6ATRYTV3B pic.twitter.com/lDcNOVL3A2— SBS News (@SBSNews) February 21, 2017
.@lindsaylohan claims she was ‘racially profiled’ at Heathrow Airport while wearing a headscarf #GMB https://t.co/jUMFynhlz6 pic.twitter.com/tnmZUtbun8— ITV News (@itvnews) February 21, 2017
Despite being a #Muslim-majority country, the #headscarf was banned in universities public institutions in #Turkey https://t.co/EY6DOstrYR pic.twitter.com/Cir6qWVt7a— Yeni Şafak English (@yenisafakEN) January 31, 2017
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