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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMuslims treat Paris to pastry protest on Eid
http://www.france24.com/en/20121026-muslims-treat-paris-to-pastry-protest-on-eid-al-adha-france-cope-islam-pain-au-chocolatMuslim rights activists distributed chocolate croissants at a Paris mosque at the start of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, after a French MPs controversial comment that thugs snatched childrens pastries during Ramadan.
In an amusing response to a conservative French politicians incendiary comment that thugs snatched childrens pastries during the holy month of Ramadan, a French Muslim rights group distributed chocolate croissants outside the Paris Grande Mosque on Friday, the start of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha.
The chocolate croissants - called Copé after French politician Jean-Francois Copé - were made with the same ingredients as the classic pain au chocolat- but baked in the shape of a crescent, according to Muslim rights activists.
Earlier this month, Copé sparked a controversy when he claimed that Muslim thugs were enforcing the Ramadan fast in some neighbourhoods. I can understand the exasperation of some of our compatriots when there are some neighbourhoods where a mother or father will come home from work in the evening to learn their son has had his pain au chocolat snatched out of his hand by thugs, telling him it is forbidden to eat during Ramadan, said Copé at the time.
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Muslims treat Paris to pastry protest on Eid (Original Post)
xchrom
Oct 2012
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marmar
(77,090 posts)1. Excellent response.
k/r
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. right? now i want a crescent chocolate croissant. nt
marmar
(77,090 posts)3. LOL. Pain aux raisins pour moi.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. sigh -- nothing like a parisian patisserie