{"id":1996,"date":"2013-06-19T07:58:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T11:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2013-06-19T08:03:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T12:03:11","slug":"liberte-egalite-fraternite-pregnant-muslim-woman-violently-attacked-over-hijab-and-loses-her-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2013\/06\/liberte-egalite-fraternite-pregnant-muslim-woman-violently-attacked-over-hijab-and-loses-her-baby.html","title":{"rendered":"libert\u00e9, \u00e9galit\u00e9, fraternit\u00e9: pregnant muslim woman in France violently attacked over hijab; loses her baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1997\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/75\/2013\/06\/5908013.jpg\" alt=\"the national motto of France and the inspiration for the Western concept of liberty and democracy\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1997\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the national motto of France and the inspiration for the Western concept of liberty and democracy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20130618\/muslim-woman-miscarries-after-veil-attack#disqus_thread\">This is a horrific story<\/a> and the first thought should be duas for the grieving family for their loss:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A young pregnant Muslim woman, who was allegedly attacked in the street for wearing a veil has lost her baby, her lawyer announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports in the French media, the woman, who was four months pregnant, was assaulted in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil on June 13th.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the 21-year-old\u2019s lawyer Hosni Maati told AFP that the woman had since suffered a miscarriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer husband called me this afternoon. She lost the baby,\u201d the lawyer said, before adding that the family were devastated by the tragedy and would not be making any further comment.<\/p>\n<p>A police source involved in the investigation also confirmed the miscarriage to AFP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayszaman.com\/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=318574#.UcBZU7W9QzQ.facebook\">more detail on the attack<\/a> from this source:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 21-year-old Muslim woman, who was four months pregnant, was physically attacked by two men. The attackers first tried taking her headscarf off and later cut off her hair and tore part of her clothing. After she screamed out that she was pregnant, one of the attackers started kicking her in the stomach.<\/p>\n<p>She was taken to Argenteuil hospital where she underwent treatment for injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Mail reported that the police said that the men had shouted racist insults at the woman, saying that the veil was no longer acceptable in France.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thankfully, the woman is expected to survive, unlike the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1223018\/Man-accused-stabbing-pregnant-Muslim-woman-death-inside-German-court-goes-trial-tight-security.html\">stabbing attack another pregnant woman suffered<\/a> in Germany a few years ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a horrific story and the first thought should be duas for the grieving family for their loss: A young pregnant Muslim woman, who was allegedly attacked in the street for wearing a veil has lost her baby, her lawyer announced on Monday. 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