Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Pork soup illegal again

Pork soup illegal again


France's highest administrative court has confirmed a police decision banning an organisation with far-right links from offering pork soup to the homeless.

Police had banned the soup kitchen last month, arguing that the handouts discriminated against Jews and Muslims who do not eat pork on religious grounds.

But the ban was overturned by an administrative court earlier this week. The French interior ministry then appealed against that court ruling to the Conseil d'Etat, the country's highest administrative court.

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