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04/16/03 3:37 PM

#15005 RE: brainlessone #15004

Ah Democracy.
[hey what happened to the P?]
ARIS, April 15 — France's interior minister threatened today to expel any Muslim religious leader considered extremist after a fundamentalist Muslim organization unexpectedly won a large number of seats in an election for the country's first national council of Muslims.
Nicolas Sarkozy, a law-and-order interior minister who pressed hard for the creation of the council, told Europe 1 radio that he would make sure that the council would not be used to spread views that run counter to French values, particularly the promotion of Islamic law.
"It is precisely because we recognize the right of Islam to sit at the table of the republic that we will not accept any deviation," Mr. Sarkozy said. "Any prayer leader whose views run contrary to the values of the republic will be expelled."
At another point he said, "Islamic law will not apply anywhere, because it is not the law of the French republic."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/16/international/europe/16MUSL.html

PS there is also a switch usually on the front of the TV where you can turn it off all by your self.