France’s Marine Le Pen faces trial for comment on Muslims

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front (FN) party, would go on trial in October 2015 for comparing Muslim prayers in the street to the Nazi occupation in comments made in 2010, the Lyon prosecutor’s office said on the 22 September 2015. She would be charged with 'inciting discrimination over people’s religious beliefs'.

Marine Le Pen described the trial as a 'scandal'.

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BBC News, 22.09.15: France FN leader Le Pen to stand trial over Muslim prayer row http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34324335

The Local.fr, 22.09.15: Le Pen to face trial for Muslim prayers rant http://www.thelocal.fr/20150922/le-pen-to-face-trial-for-muslim-prayers-rant

ESO: Background information: MEPs waive immunity for Marine Le Pen over anti-Muslim comment http://www.europeansources.info/record/meps-waive-immunity-for-marine-le-pen-over-anti-muslim-comment/

Politico, 22.09.15: Marine Le Pen to face trial for inciting racial hatred http://www.politico.eu/article/marine-le-pen-to-face-trial-for-inciting-racial-hatred-france-politice-ep-eu/

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