FRANCE – French Mayors Ban Shisha in Public for 'Spreading Fear'

TELESUR – At least four French cities in the country’s south have banned the traditional Middle Eastern hookah pipe after locals complained that smokers scare them. After huge controversy over the Burkini ban in France, five mayors in the south-east of the country have banned the public smoking of shisha pipes to maintain “public order” in what critics say is the latest assault on Arab and Muslim immigrants in the country amid major Islamophobia across Europe due to the refugee crisis and a series of terror attacks.  CONTINUE READING