Brigitte Bardot fined for racist comments
June 4th 2008 02:40
French screen icon Brigitte Bardot has been fined 15,000 euro ($A24, 440) for inciting hatred against Muslims. This is the fourth time she has been convicted for similar offences, this time by attacking the ritual slaughter of animals in Islamic culture. As an animal rights activist, Bardot wrote to the French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2006 arguing that Muslims should stun animals before slaughtering them during the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Sounds fair enough to me, but she pushed the envelope by saying recently "I've had enough of being led by the nose by this whole population which is destroying us, [and] destroying our country by imposing their ways." This has angered anti-racist groups and was classed as a punishable offence in France, where over five million Muslims reside. "The court ruled that the comments in question clearly referred to the Muslim community and constituted a legal offence," said judge Nicolas Bonnal.
73-year-old Bardot has been an animal rights activist for over 20 years, heading a wildlife foundation leading high-profile campaigns against seal-hunting, the fur trade and cruelty to animals. The Paris-based Brigitte Bardot Foundation counts 57,000 donors in 20 countries.
The former 60's bombshell was also ordered to pay 1000 euro in damages to the MRAP anti-racism group, and one euro in symbolic damages to the LICRA league against racism and the Human Rights League. Still, she is not going to give up anytime soon. "I'm sickened by how [these organisations] are harassing me. I will not shut up until stunning [of animals before slaughter] is carried out," she said.
Sounds fair enough to me, but she pushed the envelope by saying recently "I've had enough of being led by the nose by this whole population which is destroying us, [and] destroying our country by imposing their ways." This has angered anti-racist groups and was classed as a punishable offence in France, where over five million Muslims reside. "The court ruled that the comments in question clearly referred to the Muslim community and constituted a legal offence," said judge Nicolas Bonnal.
73-year-old Bardot has been an animal rights activist for over 20 years, heading a wildlife foundation leading high-profile campaigns against seal-hunting, the fur trade and cruelty to animals. The Paris-based Brigitte Bardot Foundation counts 57,000 donors in 20 countries.
The former 60's bombshell was also ordered to pay 1000 euro in damages to the MRAP anti-racism group, and one euro in symbolic damages to the LICRA league against racism and the Human Rights League. Still, she is not going to give up anytime soon. "I'm sickened by how [these organisations] are harassing me. I will not shut up until stunning [of animals before slaughter] is carried out," she said.
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