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    Hurriyet, Turkey
    Jan 4 2012


    French businessman starts fund to pay 'genocide' fines

    HÃ?¼rriyet


    A French businessman started a fund for 1 million euros to pay for
    future fines of people denying Armenian claims of genocide in France,
    HÃ?¼rriyet reported.

    RaÃ...?id Nekkaz, a French citizen of Algerian descent, offered to pay for
    the fines that will be inflicted on those who deny the 1915 events
    amounted to genocide if the motion becomes law this month by the
    Senate's vote.

    Nekkaz said Turkey was being punished for being an Islamic country and
    the new law targeted Islam as well. He had previously offered to pay
    for fines inflicted on women wearing veils after the French law banned
    them to do so in public.

    A Sorbonne graduate, Nekkaz made his fortune through online trade and
    has become one of the richest people in France. He now considers
    running for presidency as well.

    The bill will be voted on sometime this month in the French Senate. If
    it passes, anyone publicly denying the Armenian claims of genocide
    will be sentenced to a year in prison and a 45,000 euro ($60,000)
    fine.

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    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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