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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Apr 20

    Algerian woman denied French citizenship over handshakehttps://bbc.in/2JXesFj 

    6:07 AM - 20 Apr 2018
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    241 replies 534 retweets 846 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. Ahmed Hassan‏ @ahmedchancellor Apr 20
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Very painful and epitome of the "Western menadacity" of religious freedom

        23 replies 6 retweets 31 likes
      3. shilpa + megha 🤙‏ @rohnman Apr 20
        Replying to @ahmedchancellor @BBCAfrica

        Can we ask for religious freedom in muslim countries????

        16 replies 11 retweets 252 likes
      4. Dat‏ @datngu Apr 20
        Replying to @rohnman @ahmedchancellor @BBCAfrica

        Only if we think religious freedom is an idea worth spreading.

        3 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      5. shilpa + megha 🤙‏ @rohnman Apr 20
        Replying to @datngu @ahmedchancellor @BBCAfrica

        Okay

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6.  🇩🇿Habib حبيب 🇨🇦‏ @dzbeebo Apr 20
        Replying to @rohnman @datngu and

        Recent history’s “Muslim” countries were never known for having freedom of anything.. its European and North American countries that brag about it.. yet when it comes down to it they fail to show everyone equality in regards to their so called “freedom of religious beliefs”

        8 replies 5 retweets 28 likes
      7. Infidel کافر‏ @DecayedCherry Apr 20
        Replying to @dzbeebo @rohnman and

        For Islamic values stay in Islamic countries. If your eyes glitter by seeing what the West has to offer, go there to embrace their culture instead of making dents in it.

        7 replies 14 retweets 149 likes
      8.  🇩🇿Habib حبيب 🇨🇦‏ @dzbeebo Apr 20
        Replying to @DecayedCherry @rohnman and

        How are people making dents in it if the west themselves are embracing all the different cultures and religions.. it seems to me that everyone has an issue with Muslims specifically.. your pseudo name says it all. It’s obvious that there is a movement against Islam just admit it

        14 replies 3 retweets 15 likes
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      2. FejiThePhoenix‏ @FejiThePhoenix Apr 20
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I don't understand the concept of gaining citizenship in a country whose officials you have no respect for, and whose citizens you look down upon because you do not share a religious affiliation. Good for France.

        5 replies 8 retweets 109 likes
      3. Yacine‏ @dzNoah2012 Apr 20
        Replying to @FejiThePhoenix @BBCAfrica

        How does her not shaking his hand show no respect for France and its officials? That's as dumb as the guy above grouping you with black gangs and crime.

        3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. FejiThePhoenix‏ @FejiThePhoenix Apr 20
        Replying to @dzNoah2012 @BBCAfrica

        I would feel disrespected if a person refused to shake my hand, wouldn't you? If you wouldn't that's your prerogative, but I would. That's how I inferred that she was being disrespectful. I reserve the right to my opinion, so please don't try to bully me, old man.

        5 replies 0 retweets 39 likes
      5. Magisterial‏ @Mag1sterial Apr 20
        Replying to @FejiThePhoenix @dzNoah2012 @BBCAfrica

        No i wouldn't because I respect other customs and values

        6 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
      6. xxximmigración‏ @at_your_face Apr 20
        Replying to @Mag1sterial @FejiThePhoenix and

        But does she respect France's customs and values

        1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
      7. Magisterial‏ @Mag1sterial Apr 20
        Replying to @at_your_face @FejiThePhoenix and

        I dunno you would have to ask her but nobody should give up their customs and values just to go live in another country

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. FejiThePhoenix‏ @FejiThePhoenix Apr 20
        Replying to @Mag1sterial @at_your_face and

        Then she should go back. She doesn't want it enough. Give the citizenship to someone who wants it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
      9. Brian Luke "NRA MEMBER"‏ @BrianLukeKey2 Apr 20
        Replying to @FejiThePhoenix @Mag1sterial and

        When you go in someone home wanting to live do you respect their home and rules yes. When you go into a country you should respect their laws and rules, a country dont change to fit your wants no matter who you are. Their plenty muslim countrys what the problem of going there? Ya

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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      2. bhupesh kumar papnai‏ @bhupeshpapnai Apr 20
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Today she refused for handshake tomorrow she will demand for sharia ....... Good decision by France

        5 replies 3 retweets 78 likes
      3. big ounce‏ @c1nd3rh3lm Apr 20
        Replying to @bhupeshpapnai @BBCAfrica

        i cant believe people like you actually exist lol

        2 replies 0 retweets 27 likes
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      2. Tim Ventarola‏ @tim_ventarola Apr 20
        Replying to @scks386 @BBCAfrica

        Attaching any legal significance to a handshake is absolutely insane, regardless of circumstance. And demanding acquiescence to cultural norms pretty clearly violates the freedom of expression.

        3 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
      3.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW Apr 20
        Replying to @tim_ventarola @scks386 @BBCAfrica

        Demanding acquiescence to cultural norms is the basis of a functioning society, and "freedom of expression" doesn't work that way. Is beheading gays inviolable private "expression" too?

        1 reply 0 retweets 15 likes
      4. Tim Ventarola‏ @tim_ventarola Apr 20
        Replying to @Supreme_Owl_FTW @scks386 @BBCAfrica

        If demanding acquiescence to cultural norms is now on the table, should they start banning books? Dictating movies to appreciate? And handshakes and murder obviously belong in different categories.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      6. Tim Ventarola‏ @tim_ventarola Apr 20
        Replying to @Shadreth @Supreme_Owl_FTW and

        If your moral framework allows you to deny people citizenship because they wouldn’t shake your hand - because they didn’t “do as the Romans do” - why wouldn’t it allow you to do the same for other cultural attributes?

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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